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Paraguay Is a Guaraní-Speaking Country

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⚠ THE MOST IMPORTANT ROW IN THIS FILE. Paraguay is the only country in the Americas where an INDIGENOUS LANGUAGE is spoken by a MAJORITY of the population and holds co-official status. More Paraguayans speak GUARANÍ than Spanish; a large share are bilingual; JOPARA — the mixed everyday register — is what most people actually use. ⚠ THIS IS NOT A MINORITY LANGUAGE LAYER ON A SPANISH COUNTRY. Food names are Guaraní first: mandi’o, chipa, mbejú, vorí vorí, so’o, kesu, jopará, tereré, ka’a. The Spanish names are often the translation, not the original.

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Where in the world

Communities and languages

  • Paraguayans community documented

Languages: Paraguayan Guarani, Guarani, Spanish

What is recorded

  • Paraguay is the only country in the Americas in which an Indigenous language is spoken by a majority of the population and holds co-official status. More Paraguayans speak Guaraní than Spanish, and the mixed register jopara is the everyday spoken form. Paraguayan food terminology is recorded with Guaraní names as primary where the food has one. documented

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