Guarani
Tupian language of Paraguay, Argentina, Brazil and Bolivia, distinct groups within the Guaraní subgroup
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Summary
Guarani is a language[1]. Guarani ranks in the top 4% of language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,235 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Country: Paraguay[3], Bolivia[4], Argentina[5], Brazil[6]
- Instance of: macrolanguage[7], modern language[8]
- Subclass of: Tupi–Guarani[9], Indigenous languages of the Americas[10]
- Writing system: Guarani alphabet[11], Guarani Braille[12]
- Commons category: Guaraní language[13]
- Wikimedia language code: gn[14]
- Said to be the same as: Guarani[15]
- Has part(s): Paraguayan Guaraní[16], Western Bolivian Guaraní[17], Eastern Bolivian Guaraní[18], Mbyá Guaraní[19], Ava Guarani[20]
- Topic's main category: Category:Guarani language[21]
- Language regulatory body: Guarani Language Academy[22]
- Number of speakers, writers, or signers: 4,500,000[23]
- Native label: Avañe'ẽ[24]
- Different from: Guaraní people[25], Waorani[26]
- UNESCO language status: 1 safe[27]
- Indigenous to: Guaraní people[28]
- Exact match: http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/GRN[29]
- Linguistic typology: subject–verb–object[30], agglutinative language[31], active–stative language[32], polysynthetic language[33]
- Category for films in this language: Category:Guaraní-language films[34]
- Maintained by WikiProject: Obelepédia[35], WikiProject Languages[36]
- Category for music in this language: Category:Guaraní-language music[37]
Why It Matters
Guarani has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[38] Guarani is known by 74 alternative names across languages and contexts.[39]