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A Guarani speaker. Books in Guarani. Guarani (/ ˌ ɡ w ɑːr ə ˈ n iː, ˈ ɡ w ɑːr ən i / GWAR-ə-NEE, GWAR-ə-nee), [3] specifically the primary variety known as Paraguayan Guarani (avañeʼẽ [ʔãʋãɲẽˈʔẽ] "the people's language"), is a South American language that belongs to the Tupi–Guarani branch [4] of the Tupian language family.
The Thesaurus of the Guarani Language (Spanish: Tesoro de la lengua guaraní) is a Classical Guarani–Spanish bilingual dictionary written by the Peruvian Jesuit priest and scholar Antonio Ruiz de Montoya. It was published in 1639. [1] The Thesaurus was the first Guarani–Spanish dictionary. It gives examples of contexts in which to use the ...
The second part is the Tupi–Portuguese dictionary itself, containing nearly eight thousand entry words (or lexemes), making it the most complete Tupi dictionary ever compiled to date. The third part includes a list of two thousand words from Brazilian Portuguese that have their origins in Tupi (mostly place and city names).
It consists of about fifty languages, including Guarani and Old Tupi. The most widely spoken in modern times by far is Guarani, which is one of the two official languages of Paraguay . The words petunia , jaguar , piranha , ipecac , tapioca , jacaranda , anhinga , carioca , and capoeira are of Tupi–Guarani origin.
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The Guarani Wikipedia (Guarani: Vikipetã) is the Guarani language edition of the free online encyclopedia Wikipedia. History This ...
The Guarani Language and Culture Athenaeum (Guarani: Guarani Ñe’ẽte ha Arandu Anamandaje; Spanish: Ateneo de Lengua y Cultura Guarani) is an autonomous Paraguayan philanthropic institution founded by David Galeano Olivera on September 23, 1985, [1] [2] whose main objective is the recovery, valuation, and dissemination of the Guarani language, folklore, and culture.
A variety of Guarani known as Chiripá is also spoken in Paraguay. It is closely related to Paraguayan Guarani, a language which speakers are increasingly switching to. There are 7,000 speakers of Chiripá in Paraguay. Additionally, another variety of Guarani known as Mbyá is also spoken in Paraguay by 8,000 speakers. Lexically, it is 75% ...