Mbyá Guaraní language
| Mbyá | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay |
Native speakers | 15,000 (2007–2008)[1] |
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Tupian
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | gun |
Mbyá Guaraní is a Tupi–Guaraní language spoken 16,050 Brazilians, 3,000 Argentines, and 8,000 Paraguayans. It is 75% lexically similar to Paraguayan Guaraní.[1]
Mbyá Guaraní is one of a number of "Guaraní dialects" now generally classified as distinct languages.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Mbyá reference at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)
Guarani Mbya is a sub group of the family Tupi Guarani. It is important to remember that in the Brazil has existed the concentration of all coast from Paraguay until Brazilian Coast of Espirito Santo. This bigger group has been knowed by Guarani Mbya, Kaiowa and Nhandeva. Theres some cultural linguistic and cultural differences among them. About the another group who pertence to Tupi Guarani family is the Tupinambas group. Hans Staden has been written about them and also Curt Unkel Nimuendaju, also a lot of Brazilian anthropologys like Florestan Fernandes, Eduardo Viveiros de Castro, Carlos Fausto, Manuela CArneiro da Cunha e many others. Also while the subgrous Guarani are going by the coast another group of the family Tupi Guarani was living in the region of Bahia until Ceará state. This group was the Tupinamba group.