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Mbyá Guaraní

Mbyá Guaraní is a Tupian language spoken in Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, and Uruguay. Glottolog rates it threatened.

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Mbyá Guaraní · 26.0°S 52.7°W

Mbyá Guaraní is a dialect of the Guarani language spoken by the Mbyá Guaraní. It is 75% lexically similar to Paraguayan Guarani.

Mbyá Guaraní is one of a number of "Guarani dialects" now generally classified as distinct languages. Mbyá is closely connected to Ava Guarani, also known as Ñandeva, and intermarriage between speakers of the two languages is common. Speakers of Mbyá and Ñandeva generally live in mountainous areas of the Atlantic Forest, from eastern Paraguay through Misiones Province of Argentina, Uruguay to the southern Brazilian states of Paraná, Santa Catarina, and Rio Grande do Sul.

From Wikipedia · Mbyá Guaraní dialect · CC BY-SA 4.0

Words in Mbyá Guaraní

MeaningWordRomanization
motherxy
womankunha
nosexĩ
tongueapekũ
heartpy'a
headakã
watery
firetata
moonjaxy
starjaxy tata
riveryakã
treeyvyra
leafogue
nightpytũ
dogjagua
catxivi'i
fishpira
birdguyra
horsekavaju
pigporyko
snakemboi
onepeteĩ
twomokoĩ
Ixee
youndee
seeexa
saltjuky
breadmbojape
honeyei
orangenarã

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Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.

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