5200 Ñandeva 10000-99999 7,000 in Paraguay (1991). Population total all countries: 11,900. Called ‘Chiripá’ in Paraguay.
2,060 in Paraguay (Crevels 2007), decreasing. Population total all countries: 15,900. Ethnic population: 6,920 (Crevels 2007) (2013).
Ethnologue calls this language Ava Guaraní [nhd] (Apytare, Ava, Chiripá, Tsiripá, Txiripá); it appears to include varieties or languages others align not with this language but to others, e.g. to Kaiwá. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009) Off 11,900 10000-99999