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unusual facts about Guaraní language



Afro-Paraguayans

As already mentioned, there are three communities of Afro - Paraguayan: the Kamba Cuá, in the Central Department (outside Asuncion), Kamba Kokue, meaning "chacra de negros" (farm of blacks) in Guarani language, and is situated in the Paraguarí Department, and Emboscada, in the Cordillera Department.

Bolivian literature

Nearly half of Bolivia's population speaks indigenous languages such as Quechua, Aymara or Guarani.

Demographics of Bolivia

The Spanish, Quechua, Aymara, Guarani languages, as well as 34 other native languages are the official language of Bolivia.

DINFIA IA 53

The DINFIA IA 53 Mamboretá (Guaraní for "Praying Mantis") was an agricultural aircraft developed in Argentina in the 1960s.

Emerillon language

Emerillon (alternate names Emerilon, Emerion, Mereo, Melejo, Mereyo, Teco) is a Tupi–Guarani language spoken in French Guiana on the rivers Camopi and Tampok.

Eustaquio Méndez Province

The principal language of the province is Spanish, spoken by 99.7%, while 1.7% of the population speak Quechua, 0.2 speak Aymara, and 0.1% Guaraní.

Gran Chaco Province

Main language of the province is Spanish, spoken by 98.4%, while 11.5% of the population speak Quechua, 3.0 speak Aymara, and 2.7% Guaraní.

José Bozzano

The dockyards produced more than 300,000 hand grenades, the famous carumbe `i (Guaraní for "little turtle"), which, for the pride of Paraguayans in the war, proved more effective than the Belgian designed SIP grenades, used by the Bolivian army) and built and assembled the coachworks of 2,308 trucks (at a rate of five per hour).

Mburuvichá Roga

Residencia Presidencial Mburuvichá Róga (Guarani for House of the Chief) is a building in Asuncion, Paraguay, that serves as the official residence for the President and First Lady of Paraguay, and is also the official headquarters of the Office of the First Lady of the Nation.

Stephen G. McFarland

Mr. McFarland speaks fluent Spanish and some Guarani, and he is currently studying K'iche', the second most widely spoken language in Guatemala after Spanish.

Western Bolivian Guaraní

Western Bolivian Guaraní, known locally as Simba and Simba Guaraní, is a Guaraní language spoken in Bolivia, in the Chuquisaca Department north of the Pilcomayo River.

Yeísmo

The distinction is more common in areas where bilingualism with indigenous languages such as Aymara and Guaraní is common.


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