Pai Tavytera language
Guarani language spoken in Paraguay
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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.[1]
NativetoParaguay
Ethnicity8,030 Pai Tavytera people (2007)[1]
Native speakers
600 (2007)[1]Tupian
-
Tupí–Guaraní
- Guaraní (I)
- Kaiwá
- Pãi Tavyterã
- Kaiwá
- Guaraní (I)
| Pãi Tavyterã | |
|---|---|
| Ava, Pãi, Tavyterã | |
| Native to | Paraguay |
| Ethnicity | 8,030 Pai Tavytera people (2007)[1] |
Native speakers | 600 (2007)[1] |
Tupian
| |
| Latin | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | pta |
| Glottolog | pait1247 |
The language is written in the Latin script.[2]
Phonology
Vowels
- Six shortened vowels both oral and nasal are heard as /ĭ ɨ̆ ŭ/ and /ĩ̆ ɨ̃̆ ũ̆/.
