Revista de Lingüística, Filosofía y Literatura LOGOS

The aim of this article is to provide a de scription of the segmental phonemes and the allophonic realizations of oral Mapuche in Melipeuco. First, earlier phonologic studies on Mapuche are cited. Second, the research methodology is explained (details are given about the area where data were collected, participants, and the most relevant characteristics of the transcriptions and lexical lists used). Third, the theoreti cal framework selected for the phonic material is provided (the American descriptivist method). After that, a complete inventory of phonemes and allophonic realizations of the Melipeuco variant of Mapuche are presented. Then, the most relevant character istics are indicated of the segmental phonemic model combination (the most relevant characteristics of the syllabic structure and word structure are mentioned here) and phoneme fluctuation. Last, and as a con clusion of this research work, a comparative synthesis is presented of the Melipeuco variant and the other dialectical variants of Mapuche.