Guarani Mbyá

Indigenous Groups
Apalai
Apinayé
Apurinã
Arara do Pará
Asurini do Tocantins
Asurini do Xingu
Atroari
Banawá
Bororo
Caiuá
Canela
Cinta Larga
Deni
Fulniô
Guajajara
Guarani-Mbyá
Hixkaryana
Hupda
Ikpeng
Jamamadi
Jarawara
Juma
Kaapor
Kadiwéu
Kaingang
Kamayurá
Karajá
Karipuna do Amapá
Karitiana
Kaxaxari
Kayabi
Kayapó
Krahô
Kuikuro
Kurâ-Bakairi
Mamaindé
Maxakali
Munduruku
Nadëb
Nambikuara
Palikur
Parakanã
Paresi
Paumari
Pirahã
Rikbaktsa
Sateré-Mawé
Surui do Pará
Suruí de Rondônia
Suyá
Tenharim
Terena
Waiãpi
Waurá
Xavante
Xokleng
Yanomami Waicá Central
Yuhup

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Guarani Mbyá

Basic Data
    Name: Guarani Mbyá
    Alternative Names: Mbyá, Guaraní
    Auto-Denomination: Guarani
    Language Classification: Tupi, Tupi-Guarani, Subgroup I
    Population: 15,000 in Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina
    Location: Southwestern Paraná, southeastern São Paulo, Santa Catarina, Rio Grande do Sul, Espíritu Santo, Minas Gerais. 35 villages. Also in Argentina

Dooley, Robert A., 1976, Participants in Guarani Narrative (293 kB), Summer Institute of Linguistics.

———, 1984, Nasalização na Língua Guarani (in Portuguese, 384 kB), Série Língüística Nº 11: 7-35.

———, 1987, Sentence Initial Elements in Brazilian Guarani (184 kB), Série Lingüística Nº 9, Vol 1: 157-197.

———, 1991, Apontamentos Preliminares sobre Ñandevá Guaraní Contemporâneo (in Portuguese, 526 kB), Summer Institute of Linguistics, Brasília, DF.

———, 2006, Léxico Guaraní, Dialeto Mbyá: Introduction (in Portuguese, 2424kB), Lexicon (in Portuguese, 1859 kB) Sociedade Internacional de Lingüística, Cuiabá, MT.

———, 2008, Períodos Guarani (in Portuguese, 477 kB), Associação Internacional de Lingüística, Cuiabá, MT.

———, 2008, Pronouns and Topicalization in Guarani Texts (307 kB), Associação Internacional de Lingüística, Cuiabá, MT.

Gudschinsky, Sarah C. and Waldo M. Aaron, 1971, Some Relational Post-Positionals of Guarani (334 kB) Estudos Sobre Línguas e Culturas Indígenas: 81-95.

For publications in Guarani and information about the language and culture, visit the web site Mundo Indígena (in Portuguese), published by the Associação Mundo Indígena with the objective of helping and strengthening the Guaraní indigenous communities and facilitating bilingual education..