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Western Bolivian Guarani

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Native speakers
  
7,000 (2002)

Glottolog
  
west2640

ISO 639-3
  
gnw

Native to
  
Bolivia, Argentina, Paraguay

Language family
  
Tupian Tupi–Guarani Guarani (I) Guarani Western Bolivian Guarani

Western Bolivian Guarani, known locally as Simba and Simba Guarani, is a Guarani language spoken in Bolivia, in the Chuquisaca Department north of the Pilcomayo River.

Western Bolivian Guarani is one of a number of "Guarani dialects" considered distinct languages by Ethnologue: Chiripá, Eastern Bolivian Guarani, Mbyá Guarani, Aché, Kaiwá, Xetá, and Paraguayan Guaraní. Of these, Paraguayan Guaraní is by far the most widely spoken variety and it is often referred to simply as Guaraní.

References

Western Bolivian Guarani Wikipedia


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