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Guaraní language - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Guaraní is a macrolanguage, or dialect chain, spoken in Paraguay and parts of Bolivia, Argentina, and Brazil. The varieties that Ethnologue 16 assigns to the macrolanguage are: •Western Bolivian Gu...
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Guaraní - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Guaraní is one of the most widely spoken Amerindian languages, with speakers distributed among four different states (Paraguay, Argentina, Bolivia and Brazil), and the only one that is an official language of a South American country.
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One small language is Aché, spoken in eastern Paraguay. This language is related to Guaraní, which is one of the two official languages of Paraguay; the other official language is Spanish. Aché, though, is a separate language spoken by a distinct group of people.
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Unlike other Latin American nations such as Bolivia and Peru, where indigenous tongues are spoken overwhelmingly by indigenous peoples, in Paraguay Guarani is spoken by people of many descents and origins.
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His desire was to teach Guarani-Jopara, the form of Guarani spoken by most Paraguayans in which Spanish words are mixed in with Guarani. (Jopara means mixture.)
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After serving for several years in Paraguay, Andy felt a growing burden to help other missionaries learn Guarani so the gospel message would be more understandable to Paraguayans. His desire was to teach Guarani-Jopara, the form of Guarani spoken by most Paraguayans in which Spanish words are mixed in with Guarani.
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