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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Universidad Nacional del Nordeste. Facultad de Humandiades. Instituto de Letras
2025
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| Acceso en línea: | https://revistas.unne.edu.ar/index.php/clt/article/view/8281 |
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| Sumario: | 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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