Guarayu is a
Tupian language
The Tupi or Tupian language family comprises some 70 languages spoken in South America, of which the best known are Tupi proper and Guarani.
Homeland and ''urheimat''
Rodrigues (2007) considers the Proto-Tupian urheimat to be somewhere between ...
of
Bolivia that is spoken by the
Guarayo people who number 23,910 in 2012.
The name ''Guarayu (Gwarayú)'' is a variant of ''
Guarayo'', which when used in a pejorative sense refers to several indigenous peoples in the area with the meaning of 'savage' or 'uncultured'.
The origin of the names is ''Guara'' meaning "warrior", and ''yu'' "pale" (yellow or white). Compared to other Guarani peoples, the Gwarayú are lighter in colour, and bear a striking resemblance to another Guarani group found in Paraguay the
Ache
Ache or Aches may refer to:
Ethnography
* Aché, an indigenous people of eastern Paraguay
* Aché language, the language of the Aché people
* Ache language (China)
* Aṣẹ (Cuban spelling: ''aché''), a concept in Orisha belief
People
* Ach ...
.
Phonology
*
p, ⁿt, ᵑkare heard as allophones of /p, t, k/ when in nasal vowel position.
References
Further reading
*Anónimo (2005). ''Gwarayu Ñe’ë, diccionario guarayo - castellano - guarayo''. Cochabamba: Sociedad Bíblica Boliviana.
*Hoeller, Alfredo (1932). ''Guarayo-Deutsches Wörterbuch''. Guarayos: Verlag der Missionsprokura der P.P. Franziskaner, Hall in Tirol.
External links
Audio recordings of stories and conversation in Guarayufrom th
of
Megan Crowhurst at
AILLA.
Tupi–Guarani languages
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Languages of Bolivia
Tupian languages
Mamoré–Guaporé linguistic area