Guarani
Avañe'ẽOn the Map
At a Glance
Paraguay
Written in the Latin script. Uses SVO word order. Notable features include pronoun dropping.
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Official in 1 countries
Paraguay
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Word order SVO
Adjective after noun
Numeral before noun
Adposition postposition
Def. article yes
Indef. article no
Pro-drop yes
Tonal no
Nasal vowels yes
Gender no
Noun cases no
Common questions about Guarani
What does Avañe'ẽ mean?
Avañe'ẽ is the name Guarani speakers use for their own language. It combines ava ('person, people') and ñe'ẽ ('word, speech, language'), so it means roughly 'the people's language'. Guarani is an official language of Paraguay, alongside Spanish.