Eastern Bolivian Guaraní language

Eastern Bolivian Guaraní, known locally as Chawuncu or Chiriguano (pejorative), is a Guaraní language spoken in South America. In Bolivia 33,670 speakers, called the Ava Guaraní people were counted in the year 2000, in the south-central Parapeti River area and in the city of Tarija.^[2] In Argentina, there were approximately 15,000 speakers, mostly in Jujuy, but also in Salta Province, and 304 counted in the Paraguayan Chaco.^[2]

Eastern Bolivian Guaraní
Western Argentine Guaraní
Chiriguano, Chawuncu
Native to	Bolivia, Argentina, Paraguay
Ethnicity	Ava Guaraní
Native speakers	51,000 (2004–2007)[1]
Language family	Tupian Tupí–Guaraní Guaraní (I) Guaraní Eastern Bolivian Guaraní
Official status
Official language in	Bolivia
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Either: gui – Eastern Bolivian tpj – Tapieté
Glottolog	chir1295
ELP	Tapiete

Avá (Chané, Tapieté^[3]) and Izoceño are dialects.

In Argentina it is known as Western Argentine Guaraní, while in Paraguay it is locally known as Ñandeva. However, outside Paraguay and specifically in Brazil, Nhandeva refers to Chiripá Guaraní.

Eastern Bolivian Guaraní is one of a number of "Guaraní dialects" sometimes considered distinct languages. Of these, Paraguayan Guaraní is by far the most important variety and it is often referred to simply as Guaraní.

References

1. Eastern Bolivian at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
   Tapieté at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
2. Eastern Bolivian Guaraní at Ethnologue
3. Nordenskiöld, Erland (1943). Anteckningar från expeditionen 1908-1909 (in Swedish).

External links

• Argentinian Languages Collection of Salvador Bucca at the Archive of the Indigenous Languages of Latin America, including audio recordings of 3 spoken stories and one word list in Eastern Bolivian Guaraní.