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Guarani

Indigenous Languages of the Americas

Guarani is a Tupian language belonging to the Tupi-Guarani branch of South America. It is one of the two official languages of Paraguay, where it is spoken by the majority of the population, and where half of the rural population are monolingual speakers of the language.

Facts
ISO 639-3 Code
gug 1
Speaker Count
6,500,000 1
2020 estimate, native speakers, for Paraguayan Guarani.
Region
Paraguay, Bolivia, Argentina and Brazil 1
Classification
Official Status
Official Language 1
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Written In

Latin Script, Scripts

Guarani is standardly written in the Latin alphabet.

Sources
1. Wikipedia: Guarani Language
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  • Lead section
    Guarani is a Tupian language belonging to the Tupi-Guarani branch of South America. It is one of the two official languages of Paraguay, where it is spoken by the majority of the population, and where half of the rural population are monolingual speakers of the language.
  • Infobox, ISO 639-3
    gug
  • Infobox, Speakers
    6.5 million (2020)
  • Infobox, Native to
    Paraguay, Bolivia, Argentina and Brazil
  • Official status, Guarani entity page
    It is one of the two official languages of Paraguay, where it is spoken by the majority of the population, and where half of the rural population are monolingual speakers of the language.
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