Native to Paraguay ISO 639-3 pta | Native speakers 600 (2007) Glottolog pait1247 | |
Ethnicity 8,030 Pai Tavytera people (2007) Language family Tupian
Tupí–Guaraní
Pai Tavytera | ||
Pai Tavytera 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.
The language is written in the Latin script.
References
Pai Tavytera language Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA