Wirinkantun: Manuel Cayunao and his mapuche alphabet
In this paper, we present a alphabet of Mapuzugun created by Manuel Cayunao, a Mapuche resident from Río Negro, Argentina, whose records date back to 1955. To contextualize this work, we reconstruct the biography of this self-taught writer from Carri Lauquen Chico and that of his son, “Kuky,” throug...
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I48-R154-article-82812025-05-30T21:31:13Z Wirinkantun: Manuel Cayunao and his mapuche alphabet Wirinkantun: Manuel Cayunao y su “abecedario” mapuche Domínguez, Verónica S. Pichilef, Andrea Graphemic alphabets Language ideologies Mapuzugun Patagonia Cayunao literacidad ideologías lingüísticas mapuzugun Patagonia Cayunao In this paper, we present a alphabet of Mapuzugun created by Manuel Cayunao, a Mapuche resident from Río Negro, Argentina, whose records date back to 1955. To contextualize this work, we reconstruct the biography of this self-taught writer from Carri Lauquen Chico and that of his son, “Kuky,” through whom we accessed the materials. We found coincidences between Cayunao´s alphabet and the linguistic surveys carried out by Lázaro Flury in Chubut and Río Negro, and published in the 1970’s as part of ‘Dimensiones del imperio de los aukas’. Likewise, in ‘Gillatunes del Neuquén’ (1987 [1957]), Wily Hassler presents a writing system with analogous symbology. This study compares these systems and examines the contexts in which they were produced. We also analyze the linguistic ideologies (Kroskrity, 2004) underpinning their creation and use, with the aim of highlighting the role of indigenous agency in the development of linguistic tools. En este trabajo presentamos un “abecedario” del mapuzugun creado por Manuel Cayunao, poblador mapuche de Río Negro, Argentina, cuyos registros datan de 1955. Para ello reconstruimos la biografía de este autodidacta aficionado oriundo de Carri Lauquen Chico, y la de su hijo “Kuky”, gracias a quien accedimos a estos materiales. Hallamos que existen coincidencias entre este “alfabeto” y dos relevamientos lingüísticos: el primero realizado por Lázaro Flury, en Chubut y Río Negro, y publicado en la década de 1970 en “Dimensiones del imperio de los aukas”; el segundo, por Wily Hassler en su libro Nguillatunes del Neuquén (1987 [1957]) quien presenta un sistema de escritura con simbología análoga. Nos proponemos entonces, por un lado, el cotejo de estos materiales con el sistema de Cayunao y, por otro, la reconstrucción de sus contextos de producción. Realizaremos además un análisis de las ideologías lingüísticas (Kroskrity, 2004) implicadas en su creación y uso, para enmarcar así el surgimiento de instrumentos lingüísticos desde la agencia indígena. Universidad Nacional del Nordeste. Facultad de Humandiades. Instituto de Letras 2025-05-30 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion text/html https://revistas.unne.edu.ar/index.php/clt/article/view/8281 10.30972/clt.268281 Cuadernos de Literatura; No. 26 (2025): Mayo Cuadernos de Literatura; Núm. 26 (2025): Mayo Cuadernos de Literatura; n. 26 (2025): Mayo 2684-0499 0326-5102 spa https://revistas.unne.edu.ar/index.php/clt/article/view/8281/7882 |
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In this paper, we present a alphabet of Mapuzugun created by Manuel Cayunao, a Mapuche resident from Río Negro, Argentina, whose records date back to 1955. To contextualize this work, we reconstruct the biography of this self-taught writer from Carri Lauquen Chico and that of his son, “Kuky,” through whom we accessed the materials. We found coincidences between Cayunao´s alphabet and the linguistic surveys carried out by Lázaro Flury in Chubut and Río Negro, and published in the 1970’s as part of ‘Dimensiones del imperio de los aukas’. Likewise, in ‘Gillatunes del Neuquén’ (1987 [1957]), Wily Hassler presents a writing system with analogous symbology. This study compares these systems and examines the contexts in which they were produced. We also analyze the linguistic ideologies (Kroskrity, 2004) underpinning their creation and use, with the aim of highlighting the role of indigenous agency in the development of linguistic tools. |
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