Guaraní, Mbyá

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A language of Brazil

ISO 639-3
gun
Alternate Names
Bugre, Mbiá, Mbua, Mbya, Mbyá
Autonym
Nhandeayvu
User Population

6,000 in Brazil (2008 CTI). Most children, women and elders are monolingual (Crevels 2007). Ethnic population: 6,000 (Crevels 2012). Total users in all countries: 19,960.

Location

Paraná, São Paulo, Espírito Santo, Pará, Rio Grande do Sul, and Santa Catarina states; possibly also Minas Gerais state. 35 villages.

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Language Status

5* (Developing).

Classification
Tupian, Tupí-Guaraní, Guaraní, Guaraní
Dialects

Tambéopé, Baticola. Lexical similarity: 75% with Paraguayan Guaraní [gug]. A member of macrolanguage Guarani [grn].

Typology

SVO; 14 consonants and 12 vowels (6 oral, 6 nasal).

Language Use

Some also use Portuguese [por].

Language Development

Literacy rate in L1: 10%–30%. Literacy rate in L2: 15%–25%. Literature. Dictionary. Grammar. Texts. Bible: 2004.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Guaraní, Mbyá
Writing

Latin script [Latn].

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