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Ava Guarani language

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Native speakers
  
16,000 (1995–2007)

Glottolog
  
chir1286

ISO 639-3
  
nhd

Native to
  
Paraguay, Brazil, Argentina

Language family
  
Tupian Tupí–Guaraní Guaraní (I) Guaraní Chiripá

Chiripá Guarani (Tsiripá, Txiripá), also known as Ava Guarani and Nhandéva (Ñandeva), is a Guaraní language spoken in Paraguay, Brazil, and also Argentina. It is closely related to Paraguayan Guaraní, a language which speakers are increasingly switching to. There are 4,900 speakers in Brazil and 7,000 in Paraguay.

Nhandéva is also known as Chiripá. The Spanish spelling, Ñandeva, is used in the Paraguayan Chaco to refer to the local variety of Eastern Bolivian, a subdialect of Avá.

Chiripá is one of a number of "Guaraní dialects" often classified as distinct languages. Of these, Paraguayan Guaraní is by far the largest variety and it is often referred to simply as Guaraní.

References

Ava Guarani language Wikipedia