Guaraní, Mbyá

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A language of Brazil

ISO 639-3
gun
Alternate Names
Bugre, Mbiá, Mbua, Mbyá
Population

6,000 in Brazil (2008 CTI). Most children, women and elders are monolingual (Crevels 2007). Population total all countries: 15,050.

Location

Southwestern Paraná, southeastern São Paulo, Santa Catarina, Rio Grande do Sul, Espíritu Santo, Minas Gerais. 35 villages in 7 states. Also in Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay.

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Language Status

4 (Educational).

Classification
Tupian, Tupí-Guaraní, Guaraní, Guaraní
Dialects

Baticola, Tambéopé. Lexical similarity: 75% with Paraguayan Guaraní [gug].

Typology

SVO

Language Use

Some are relatively fluent in Portuguese [por] (Crevels 2007).

Language Development
Literacy rate in L1: 10%–30%. Literacy rate in L2: 15%–25%. Dictionary. Bible: 2004.
Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Guaraní, Mbyá
Writing
Latin script.

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