Guarani languages explained

Guarani
Also Known As:	Tupi–Guarani subgroup I
Region:	Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay
Familycolor:	American
Fam1:	Tupian
Fam2:	Tupi–Guarani
Glotto:	tupi1277
Glottorefname:	Tupi–Guarani Subgroup I

The Guarani languages are a group of half a dozen or so languages in the Tupi–Guarani language family. The best known language in this family is Guarani, one of the national languages of Paraguay, alongside Spanish.

The Guarani languages are:

• Guarani dialect chain: Western Bolivian Guarani (Simba), Eastern Bolivian Guarani (Chawuncu; Ava, Tapieté dialects), Paraguayan Guaraní (Guarani), Chiripá Guaraní (Nhandéva, Avá), Mbyá Guaraní (Mbya)^[1]
• Kaiwá (Paí Tavyterá dialect)
• Aché (Guayaki) (several dialects)
• ? Xetá

The varieties of Guarani proper and Kaiwá have limited mutual intelligibility. Aché and Guarani are not mutually intelligible.^[2] The position of Xetá is unclear.

Notes

1. These varieties are identified as part of the language assigned the 'Guarani' code [grn] by the Library of Congress
2. Book: Aché Life History: The Ecology and Demography of a Foraging People. 9780202364063. Hill. Kim Ronald. Magdalena Hurtado. A..