Guaraní

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Guaraní, South American Indian group living mainly in Paraguay and speaking a Tupian language also called Guaraní. Smaller groups live in Argentina, Bolivia, and Brazil. Modern Paraguay still claims a strong Guaraní heritage, and more Paraguayans speak and understand Guaraní than Spanish. Most of the people who live along the Paraguay River around Asunción speak Guaraní, which, with Spanish, is an official language of Paraguay. At the turn of the 21st century, the Guaraní in South America numbered nearly five million. The aboriginal Guaraní inhabited eastern Paraguay and adjacent areas in Brazil and Argentina. They lived in a manner common ...(100 of 378 words)