Guarani languages
The Guarani languages are a group of half a dozen or so languages in the Tupi–Guarani language family. The best known language in this family is Guarani, one of the national languages of Paraguay, alongside Spanish.
| Guarani | |
|---|---|
| Tupi–Guarani subgroup I | |
| Geographic distribution | Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay |
| Linguistic classification | Tupian
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| Glottolog | tupi1277 |
The Guarani languages are:
- Guarani dialect chain: Western Bolivian Guarani (Simba), Eastern Bolivian Guarani (Chawuncu; Ava, Tapieté dialects), Paraguayan Guaraní (Guarani), Chiripá Guaraní (Nhandéva, Avá), Mbyá Guaraní (Mbya)[1]
- Kaiwá (Paí Tavyterá dialect)
- Aché (Guayaki) (several dialects)
- ? Xetá
The varieties of Guarani proper and Kaiwá have limited mutual intelligibility. Aché and Guarani are not mutually intelligible.[2] The position of Xetá is unclear.
See also
- WikiProject Guaraní (in Spanish)
Notes
- These varieties are identified as part of the language assigned the 'Guarani' code [grn] by the Library of Congress
- Hill, Kim Ronald; Magdalena Hurtado, A. Aché Life History: The Ecology and Demography of a Foraging People. ISBN 9780202364063.
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