Guarayu language

Guarayu
Gwarayú, nyanyanye, ñañañe, guarani'ete'
Native toBolivia, Paraguay
RegionSanta Cruz, Boquerón
Ethnicity12,000 (2012)
Native speakers
8,400 (2012)
Tupian
Official status
Official language in
 Bolivia
Language codes
ISO 639-3gyr
Glottologguar1292
ELPGuarayu
Linguasphere88-AAI-cb

Guarayu (Guarayu: Gwarayú, nyanyanye, ñañañe, guarani'ete) is a Tupian language of Bolivia that is spoken by the Guarayo people who numbered 23,910 in 2012.

There were some 30 speakers of Guarayu in Paraguay as of 2012.

Phonology

Vowels
Front Central Back
Close i, ĩ ɨ, ɨ̃ u, ũ
Mid e, ẽ o, õ
Open a, ã
Consonants
Bilabial Alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
plain lab.
Nasal central m n ɲ
post-ploded mᵇ nᵈ
Stop voiceless p t k kʷ ʔ
pre-ploded ᶢw
prenasal vl. (ᵐp) (ⁿt) (ᵑk)
prenasal vd. ᵑɡ ᵑᶢw
Affricate t͡s t͡ʃ
Fricative β s
Tap ɾ
Glide j w

References

  1. 1 2 Guarayu at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  2. ↑ "Censo de Población y Vivienda 2012 Bolivia Características de la Población". Instituto Nacional de Estadística, República de Bolivia. p. 29. Archived from the original on 2021-08-01. Retrieved 2020-04-01.
  3. ↑ "PROEL, Lengua Guarayú".
  4. ↑ Danielsen, Swintha (2020). Gwarayu Ñe’ësa 3: Revista sobre la lengua guarayu - Número 3. Santa Cruz, Bolivia.

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