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The Guarani people in Bolivia, called Chiriguanos, lived in the foothills of the Andes and had a different history than most other Guarani people. Noted for their warlike character, the Chiriguanos were hostile in turn to the Inca Empire, the Spanish, and the independent state of Bolivia from the late 15th to the late 19th century. The Jesuit ...
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.
Guarani dialects, spoken in Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, and Paraguay; Guarani languages, a group of languages, including Guarani, in the Tupí-Guaraní language subfamily; Eastern Bolivian Guaraní language, historically called Chiriguanos, living in the eastern Bolivian foothills of the Andes. Also called Ava Guarani.
The Tupi people, a subdivision of the Tupi-Guarani linguistic families, were one of the largest groups of indigenous peoples in Brazil before its colonization. Scholars believe that while they first settled in the Amazon rainforest, from about 2,900 years ago the Tupi started to migrate southward and gradually occupied the Atlantic coast of Southeast Brazil.
Ethnic groups of Bolivia (2006). The Guarani (Chiriguanos) occupied a larger area in the 16th through 19th century. The common name for the Eastern Bolivian Guaraní since the 16th century has been variations of the name "Chirihuano", a word of Quechua origin which referred to itinerant doctors or medicine vendors from the Bolivian province of Larecaja, called also Collahuayas, Yungeños and ...
The Guarani-Kaiowá are also known as the Kaiwá, Caingua, Caiua, Caiwa, Cayua, Kaiova, and Kayova. [1] These spellings were largely devised by Europeans, The National Museum of Brazil (Portuguese: Museu Nacional) keeps records of the earliest Latinized forms for transcribing the name on behalf of the people, coincidentally Kaiowá means exactly this 'the people' - in their own language.
I a-ĩ-a A1SG -be- NMLZ peve until xivi puma o-vaẽ A3 -arrive Xee a-ĩ-a peve xivi o-vaẽ I A1SG-be-NMLZ until puma A3-arrive "The puma came as far as where I was staying" (as cited in Estigarribia & Pinta, pg. 241) Unknown glossing abbreviation(s) (help); Example 2 Ndee You re-ke-a A2SG -sleep- NMLZ ja while a-mba’eapo A1SG -work Ndee re-ke-a ja a-mba’eapo You A2SG-sleep-NMLZ while ...
The Tupi-Guarani mythology is the set of narratives about the gods and spirits of the different Tupi-Guarani peoples, ancient and current.Together with the cosmogonies, anthropogonies and rituals, they form part of the religion of these peoples.