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 | |
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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 |
The language is written in the Latin script.[2]
Front | Central | Back | |
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Close | i ĩ | ɨ ɨ̃ | u ũ |
Close-mid | e ẽ | o õ | |
Open | a ã |
Labial | Alveolar | Post- alveolar |
Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
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Plosive | voiceless | p | t | k | ʔ | ||
voiced | b | d | ɡ | ||||
Fricative | s | ʃ | ʝ | h | |||
Rhotic | ɾ | ||||||
Nasal | m | n | ɲ | (ŋ) | |||
Approximant | ʋ | l | w |