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A Guarani speaker. Paraguayan Guarani [a] is a South American language that belongs to the Tupi–Guarani branch [4] of the Tupian language family.It is one of the official languages of Paraguay (along with Spanish), where it is spoken by the majority of the population, and where half of the rural population are monolingual speakers of the language.
Another smaller percentage is monolingual in Spanish or with little proficiency in Guarani (~20%). The other 30% speak Spanish as a second language (L2) and are more proficient in another language, commonly Guaraní. 10% cannot speak spanish, 8% being Guaraní speakers and 2% speaking other indigenous languages.
Paraguayan Spanish shares many similarities with River Plate Spanish (that is, the variety spoken in Argentina and Uruguay) such as the use of the voseo and various words and phrases. Like all American dialects of Spanish, Paraguayan Spanish has seseo , meaning that it lacks the distinction between /θ/ and /s/ that is present in Standard ...
This is a ranking of languages by number of sovereign countries in which they are de jure or de facto official, although there are no precise inclusion criteria or definition of a language. An '*' (asterisk) indicates a country whose independence is disputed.
English is an official language in Guyana, and its creole form is the country's most widely spoken language. English is also the official language in the territories of the Falkland Islands (Spanish: Islas Malvinas) and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. French is the official language in French Guiana, an overseas region of France.
Ñ-shaped animation showing flags of some countries and territories where Spanish is spoken. Spanish is the official language (either by law or de facto) in 20 sovereign states (including Equatorial Guinea, where it is official but not a native language), one dependent territory, and one partially recognized state, totaling around 442 million people.
Jopara [1] (Guarani pronunciation:) or Yopará (Spanish: [ɟʝopaˈɾa]) is a colloquial form of Guarani spoken in Paraguay which uses a number of Spanish loan words. Its name is from the Guarani word for "mixture". [2] The majority of Paraguayans, particularly younger ones, speak some form of Jopara.
Spanish is also widely spoken. [50] Haiti: Creole and French [51] Jamaica: English and Jamaican Patois [52] [53] Puerto Rico's official languages [54] and languages of legislature [55] are Spanish and English, yet 85 percent of its inhabitants reported that they did not speak English "very well." [56] Saint Lucia: English and Saint Lucian ...