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.[1]
| Pãi Tavyterã | |
|---|---|
| Ava, Pãi, Tavyterã | |
| Native to | Paraguay |
| Ethnicity | 8,030 Pai Tavytera people (2007)[1] |
Native speakers | 600 (2007)[1] |
Tupian
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | pta |
| Glottolog | pait1247[2] |
The language is written in the Latin script.[3]
Notes
- Pãi Tavyterã at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Pai Tavytera". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- "Pai Tavytera." Script Source. 2011. Retrieved 20 Jan 2012.
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