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The Guarani are a group of culturally-related indigenous peoples of South America.They are distinguished from the related Tupi by their use of the Guarani language.The traditional range of the Guarani people is in what is now Paraguay between the Paraná River and lower Paraguay River, the Misiones Province of Argentina, southern Brazil once as far east as Rio de Janeiro, and parts of Uruguay ...
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.
Guarani dialects, spoken in Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, and Paraguay; Guarani languages, a group of languages, including Guarani, in the Tupí-Guaraní language subfamily; Eastern Bolivian Guarani, historically called Chiriguanos, living in the eastern Bolivian foothills of the Andes. Also called Ava Guarani.
The Guarani-Kaiowá are also known as the Kaiwá, Caingua, Caiua, Caiwa, Cayua, Kaiova, and Kayova. [1] These spellings were largely devised by Europeans, The National Museum of Brazil (Portuguese: Museu Nacional) keeps records of the earliest Latinized forms for transcribing the name on behalf of the people, coincidentally Kaiowá means exactly this 'the people' - in their own language.
The Tupi people, a subdivision of the Tupi-Guarani linguistic families, were one of the largest groups of indigenous peoples in Brazil before its colonization. Scholars believe that while they first settled in the Amazon rainforest, from about 2,900 years ago the Tupi started to migrate southward and gradually occupied the Atlantic coast of Southeast Brazil.
Historically, Guarani was the dominant language in the region of modern day Paraguay and surrounding countries (Northern Argentina, Southwest Brazil, Southeast Bolivia, and Northern Uruguay).
Guarani People are distinguished from the related Tupi by their use of the Guarani language. The traditional area of distribution of the Guaraní people is found in several countries (Paraguay, Bolivia, Uruguay, Brazil and Argentina), within Argentina they mostly inhabit the Misiones and Corrientes Provinces of Argentina. [52]
Guaraní, Guarani-Kaiowá The Mbyá , also called Mbyá Guaraní (in Mbyá : mby’as ), are a branch of the Guaraní people who live in South America , across a wide territory that ranges through Paraguay , Brazil , Argentina , and Uruguay .