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Guarani language resources



Guarani is spoken on a daily basis in: Argentina, Paraguay Guarani--> --> --> -->

Additional background on Guarani

Guaran� /gwara'ni/ (local name: ava�e'? [a?a??'??]) is an Amerindian language of South America that belongs to the Tup�-Guaran� subfamily. It is one of the official languages of Paraguay (along with Spanish), where it is spoken by 94% of the population. It is also spoken by indigenous communities in neighbouring countries, including northern Argentina, eastern Bolivia and southwestern Brazil. It is also treated as a second official language of the Argentine provinces of Corrientes[1] and Misiones[2].

It is the only indigenous language of the Americas whose overwhelming majority of speakers are non-indigenous people. This is an anomaly in the Americas where language shift towards more prestigious official languages (in this case Spanish) has otherwise been a nearly universal cultural and identity marker of mestizos (people of mixed Spanish and Amerindian ancestry), and also of culturally assimilated, upwardly-mobile Amerindian people.

Jesuit priest Antonio Ruiz de Montoya, who wrote a book called Tesoro de la lengua guaran� ("The Treasure of the Guaran� Language"), described Guaran� as a language "so copious and elegant that it can compete with the most famous [of languages]."

It is estimated that there are approximately 7 million Guaran� speakers worldwide.


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