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Mbyá Guaraní language

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Mbyá
Native toArgentina, Brazil, Paraguay
EthnicityGuaraní
Native speakers
15,050 (2007–2008)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3gun
Glottologmbya1239
ELPMbyá

Mbyá Guaraní is a Tupi–Guaraní language spoken 6,000 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. ^ a b Mbyá at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)