Mbyá
[aka Mbua, Mbiá, Bugre]Classification: Tupian
·vulnerable
Classification: Tupian
·vulnerable
Mbua, Mbiá, Bugre, Mbyá Guaraní, Mbü'a Guaraní, Guaraní language area |
||
Tupian, Tupi-Guaranian, Guarani |
||
ISO 639-3 |
||
gun |
||
As csv |
||
Information from: “Language endangerment in South America: The clock is ticking” (167-234) . Crevels, Mily (2012) , Lyle Campbell and Veronica Grondona · Mouton de Gruyter
28,847
Argentina: 3,908 speakers, 8,223 population. Brazil: 6,000 speakers and population. Paraguay 10,016 speakers, 14,624 population.
Information from: “Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 19th Edition (2016)” . Lewis, M. Paul, Gary F. Simons, and Charles D. Fennig · SIL International
6,000 in Brazil; 4,000 in Argentina; 5,000 in Paraguay
In Brazil: Paraná, São Paulo, Espírito Santo, Pará, Rio Grande do Sul, and Santa Catarina states; possibly also Minas Gerais state. 35 villages.
In Argentina: Corrientes and Misiones provinces: south bank, Alto Parana river, Posadas area.
In Paraguay: Widespread, east, central, and south.
Information from: “South America” (103-196) . Mily Crevels (2007) , C. Moseley · London & New York: Routledge
13,245 - 14,245 in all countries
BRAZIL: ethnic population of approx 6,000, nearly all fluent speakers. ARGENTINA: ethnic population of 2,500-3,500, most still speak the language. PARAGUAY: ethnic population of 4,745, out of which 2,445 speak the language.
BRAZIL: "Most children, women and elders in Brazil are still monolingual speakers of Mbyá," ARGENTINA: "Language use is vigorous among the groups that have arrived recently, but among those that have been arriving since the end of the nineteenth century the use of Spanish is becoming more and more predominant." PARAGUAY: "the Mbyá still use their language in day-to-day speech."
Spanish and Portuguese
Information from: “Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)” . M. Paul Lewis · SIL International
There are 6,000 speakers in Brazil (2003 ISA).
Southwestern Parana, southeastern Slo Paulo, Santa Catarina, Rio Grande do Sul, Espirito Santo states; possibly in Minas Gerais State; 35 villages.
Southwestern Parana, southeastern Slo Paulo, Santa Catarina, Rio Grande do Sul, Espirito Santo states; possibly in Minas Gerais State; 35 villages.