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Languages Of Paraguay
The Republic of Paraguay is a mostly bilingual country, as the majority of the population uses Spanish language, Spanish and Guarani language, Guaraní. The Constitution of Paraguay of 1992 declares it as a multicultural and bilingual country, establishing Spanish and Guaraní as official languages. (setranslator's note)/ref> Spanish, an Indo-European language of the Romance branch, is understood by about 90% of the population as a first or second language. Guaraní, an indigenous language of the Tupian languages, Tupian family, is understood by 77%, and its use is regulated by the Academy of the Guarani Language, Academy of the Guaraní Language. According to Instituto Cervantes' 2020 report "El Español: Una lengua viva", 68.2% of the Paraguayan population (4,946,322 inhabitants) has decent mastery of the Spanish language. The remaining 31.8% (2,306,350 inhabitants) has minimal mastery of the language; the majority of them are Guaraní speakers and speak Spanish as a second lan ...
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Paraguay
Paraguay, officially the Republic of Paraguay, is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the Argentina–Paraguay border, south and southwest, Brazil to the Brazil–Paraguay border, east and northeast, and Bolivia to the northwest. It has a population of around 6.1 million, nearly 2.3 million of whom live in the Capital city, capital and largest city of Asunción, and its surrounding metro area. Spanish conquistadores arrived in 1524, and in 1537 established the city of Asunción, the first capital of the Governorate of the Río de la Plata. During the 17th century, Paraguay was the center of Reductions, Jesuit missions, where the native Guaraní people were converted to Christianity and introduced to European culture. After the Suppression of the Society of Jesus, expulsion of the Jesuits from Spanish territories in 1767, Paraguay increasingly became a peripheral colony. Following Independence of Paraguay, independence from Spain ...
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Sanapaná Language
Sanapana () is a language of the Paraguayan Chaco. Sanapaná people call themselves ; Enxet people call Sanapaná people ''saapa'ang''; Guaná people call them ''kasnapan''; and Enlhet people, ''kelya'mok''. Phonology Vowels Three vowels are noted as /e a o/. Consonants References External linksSanapaná (Angaité dialect)(Intercontinental Dictionary Series)Sanapaná (Enlhet dialect)(Intercontinental Dictionary Series The Intercontinental Dictionary Series (commonly abbreviated as IDS) is a large database of topical vocabulary lists in various world languages. The general editor of the database is Bernard Comrie of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary An ...) Languages of Paraguay Mascoian languages Articles citing ISO change requests Chaco linguistic area {{indigenousAmerican-lang-stub ...
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Bilingual
Multilingualism is the use of more than one language, either by an individual speaker or by a group of speakers. When the languages are just two, it is usually called bilingualism. It is believed that multilingual speakers outnumber monolingual speakers in the world's population. More than half of all Europeans claim to speak at least one language other than their mother tongue; but many read and write in one language. Being multilingual is advantageous for people wanting to participate in trade, globalization and cultural openness. Owing to the ease of access to information facilitated by the Internet, individuals' exposure to multiple languages has become increasingly possible. People who speak several languages are also called '' polyglots''. Multilingual speakers have acquired and maintained at least one language during childhood, the so-called first language (L1). The first language (sometimes also referred to as the mother tongue) is usually acquired without formal ...
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KB Latin American
KB, kB or kb may stand for: Businesses and organizations Banks * KB Kookmin Bank, South Korea * Kaupthing Bank, Iceland * Komerční banka, Czech Republic * Kasikornbank, Thailand * Karafarin Bank, Iran Libraries * National Library of Sweden () * National Library of the Netherlands () Sport * Kalix BF, a Swedish bandy club * Kjøbenhavns Boldklub, a sports club, Copenhagen, Denmark Other businesses and organizations * KB Home, a US house builder * KB Lager, Australia * KB Toys, US * K&B, a New Orleans, Louisiana, US drugstore * Druk Air (IATA code: ''KB''), Bhutan airline Entertainment * Kick Buttowski, an American animated series and titular character People * Kevin Bartlett (Australian rules footballer) (born 1947) * KB (rapper) (born 1988), Kevin Elijah Burgess * KB Killa Beats (born 1983), Zambian record producer * Kobe Bryant (1978–2020), American basketball player * Kyle Busch (born 1985), American stock car driver Science and technology Biology ...
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List Of QWERTY Keyboard Language Variants
There are a large number of QWERTY keyboard layouts used for languages written in the Latin script. Many of these keyboards include some additional symbols of other languages, but there also exist layouts that were designed with the goal to be usable for multiple languages (see #Multilingual variants, Multilingual variants). This list gives general descriptions of QWERTY keyboard variants along with details specific to certain operating systems, with emphasis on Microsoft Windows. Specific language variants English Canada English-speaking Canadians have traditionally used the same keyboard layout as in the United States, unless they are in a position where they have to write French on a regular basis. French-speaking Canadians respectively have favoured the Canadian French (CFR) and the Canadian French ACNOR (CFA) keyboard layouts (see #French (Canada), below). United Kingdom The United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland, IrelandAll common operating systems offering a ...
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Plautdietsch Language
Plautdietsch () or Mennonite Low German is a Low Prussian dialect of East Low German with Dutch language, Dutch influence that developed in the 16th and 17th centuries in the Vistula Fens, Vistula delta area of Royal Prussia. The word ''Plautdietsch'' translates to "flat (or low) German" (referring to the plains of northern Germany or the simplicity of the language). In other Low German dialects, the word for Low German is usually realised as ''Plattdütsch/Plattdüütsch'' or ''Plattdüütsk'' , – very often also as ''Plattdeutsch'' – but the spelling ''Plautdietsch'' is used to refer specifically to the Vistula variant of the language. Plautdietsch was a Low German dialect like others until it was taken by Mennonite settlers to the southwest of the Russian Empire starting in 1789. From there it evolved and subsequent waves of migration brought it to North America, starting in 1873. In Latin America the first settlement occurred in Argentina in 1877 coming from Russia. Pl ...
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Chamacoco Language
Chamacoco is a Zamucoan language spoken in Paraguay by the Chamacoco people. It is also known as ''Xamicoco'' or ''Xamacoco'', although the tribe itself prefers the name Ishír (which is also spelled ''Ɨshɨr'', ''Ishiro'', ''Yshyr'') and sometimes ''Jewyo''. When the term ''Ishiro'' (or ''yshyro'' or ''ɨshɨro'') is used to refer to the language, it is an abbreviation for ''Ishir(o) ahwoso'', literally meaning 'the words, the language of the Chamacoco people'. It is spoken by a traditionally hunter-gatherer society that now practices agriculture. Its speakers are of all ages, and generally speak Spanish or Guarani as second and third languages. Classification Chamacoco is classified as a Zamucoan language, along with Ayoreo. Both languages are considered endangered. There is relatively little information about the Zamucoan family. Chamacoco speakers live in the northeastern part of the Chaco Boreal at the origin of the Río Verde in Paraguay. Four dialects of Chama ...
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Ayoreo Language
Ayoreo is a Zamucoan language spoken in both Paraguay and Bolivia. It is also known as Morotoco, Moro, Ayoweo, Ayoré, and Pyeta Yovai. However, the name "Ayoreo" is more common in Bolivia, and "Morotoco" in Paraguay. It is spoken by the Ayoreo people, an indigenous ethnic group traditionally living on a combined hunter-gatherer and farming lifestyle. Classification Ayoreo is classified as a Zamucoan language, along with Chamacoco. Extinct Guarañoca may have been a dialect. Geographic distribution Ayoreo is spoken in both Paraguay and Bolivia, with 3,100 speakers total, 1,700 of whom live in Paraguay and 1,400 in Bolivia. Within Paraguay, Ayoreo is spoken in the Chaco Department and the northern parts of the Alto Paraguay Department. In Bolivia, it is spoken in the Cordillera Province, in the Santa Cruz Department. Phonology Bertinetto (2009) reports that Ayoreo has the 5 vowels , which appear both as oral and nasal. can also be heard as . Grammar The prototypical ...
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Pai Tavytera Language
Pãi Tavyterã is a Guarani language spoken by about 600 Pai Tavytera people in eastern Paraguay, in Amambay, eastern Concepción, eastern San Pedro, and northern Canindeyú Departments. The language has 70% lexical similarity with the Kaiwá language, spoken in Brazil. Among Pai Tavyetera people, language use is shifting towards Guaraní. The language is written in the Latin script The Latin script, also known as the Roman script, is a writing system based on the letters of the classical Latin alphabet, derived from a form of the Greek alphabet which was in use in the ancient Greek city of Cumae in Magna Graecia. The Gree .... Phonology Vowels * Six shortened vowels both oral and nasal are heard as /ĭ ɨ̆ ŭ/ and /ĩ̆ ɨ̃̆ ũ̆/. Consonants * /ʝ/ can also be heard as an affricate . */b d ʝ ɡ/ may also be prenasalized as ��b, ⁿd, ᶮʝ, ᵑɡ * /n/ is heard as before velar consonants. Notes External links Paï-Tavytera Countries and Their Cultur ...
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Ava Guarani Language
Chiripá Guarani (Tsiripá, Txiripá), also known as Ava Guarani and ''Nhandéva'' (''Ñandeva''), is a Guaraní language spoken in Paraguay, Brazil, and also Argentina. Nhandéva is closely connected to Mbyá Guaraní, as intermarriage between speakers of the two languages is common. Speakers of Nhandéva and Mbyá generally live in mountainous areas of the Atlantic Forest, from eastern Paraguay through Misiones Province of Argentina to the southern Brazilian states of Paraná, Santa Catarina, and Rio Grande do Sul. There are approximately 4,900 speakers in Brazil and 7,000 in Paraguay. Nhandéva is also known as Chiripá. The Spanish spelling, Ñandeva, is used in the Paraguayan Chaco to refer to the local variety of Eastern Bolivian, a subdialect of Avá. Phonology Vowels * Vowel sounds /ɛ, a, ɨ, ɔ/ may also have realizations of , ɐ, ɯ, o Consonants * Prenasal sounds /ᵐb, ⁿd/ may also be realized as nasal sonorants , n The comma is a punctua ...
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Aché Language
Aché, also known as Guayaki, is a Guarani language of Paraguay with three living dialects: Ache gatu, Ache wa, and Ñacunday River Ache. The Ñacunday River dialect has low mutual intelligibility with the other two dialects. Phonology References External links Listen to a sample of Aché from Global Recordings NetworkThe Language ArchiveAché(Intercontinental Dictionary Series The Intercontinental Dictionary Series (commonly abbreviated as IDS) is a large database of topical vocabulary lists in various world languages. The general editor of the database is Bernard Comrie of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary An ...) Languages of Paraguay Tupi–Guarani languages Endangered Indigenous languages of the Americas Definitely endangered languages Endangered languages of South America {{tupian-lang-stub ...
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Nivaclé Language
Nivaclé () is a Matacoan language spoken in Paraguay and in Argentina by the Nivaclé. It is also known as Chulupí and Ashluslay, and in older sources has been called Ashluslé, Suhin, Sujín, Chunupí, Churupí, Choropí, and other variant spellings of these names. Nivaclé speakers are found in the Chaco, in Paraguay in Presidente Hayes Department, and Boquerón Department, and in Argentina in Salta Province. Nivaclé is complex both in its phonology and morphology. Much of what is handled in syntactic constructions in many other languages is signalled in Nivaclé by its rich bound morphology and clitics. Nivaclé has several linguistic traits that are rare elsewhere in the world or even unique. Phonology Its phonemic inventory has 21 consonants and six vowel qualities, including glottalized (ejective) stops and affricates, and a unique phoneme, /k͡l/. Even within single syllables the Nivaclé consonant cluster /t/ + /ʃ/ (orthographic ) contrasts with the alveop ...
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