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The majority of the population of Paraguay uses both languages (Spanish and Guarani). About 70% of the population is bilingual, speaking Spanish and Guarani at least to some degree. True bilingualism in which both languages are spoken equally is difficult in practice for many people.
Spanish and Guaraní are Paraguay's official languages. Nearly 87% of the country’s population speaks Spanish. Guaraní is spoken by about 4,650,000 people, accounting for over 90% of the people of Paraguay.
Guarani is the most widely spoken Native American language and remains commonly used among the Paraguayan people and neighboring communities.
Guaraní is a member of the Tupí-Guarani branch of the Tupian language family. It is spoken by about 4.6 million people in Paraguay. There are also small communities of Guaraní speakers in Bolivia, Brazil and Argentina. Guaraní is one of the offical languages of Paraguay, along with Spanish.
Most of the people who live along the Paraguay River around Asunción speak Guaraní, which, with Spanish, is an official language of Paraguay. At the turn of the 21st century, the Guaraní in South America numbered nearly five million.
In Paraguay: Languages …the 1992 constitution, Spanish and Guaraní are the official languages of Paraguay. Guaraní is spoken by nearly nine-tenths of the population, but it has only been used as a language of instruction in schools since 1996. Spanish is used almost exclusively in government and business. At least half of the… Read More
Spanish is the main language spoken in Paraguay. La Paraguayan Constitution of 1992 recognizes that Paraguay is a bilingual country, and 90% of the inhabitants speak Spanish as a first or second language, while Guaraní is spoken by 77% of the local population, and its use is also regulated by the Guaraní Language Academy, which among other ...
This video is all about Guarani, an indigenous language of South America and one of the official languages of Paraguay. Learn a language with Pimsleur: https...
Languages of Paraguay. In South America the dominance of the colonial European languages of Spanish and Portuguese is a trait that runs right through the continent, from Mexico in the north, to the Spanish Argentine speakers of Patagonia in the south.
Paraguay is a bilingual nation. Spanish, the dominant language, is taught in the schools and is spoken by slightly more than half of the people. However, the great majority of Paraguayans speak Guaraní, an Amerindian language that evolved from the southern dialect of the Tupi-Guaraní group.