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Guaraní Paraguay
Interesting Fact #1
Guaraní has no gender and lacks a definite article, however native speakers have begun to use the Spanish la and lo in their Guaraní sentences.
Interesting Fact #2
Guaraní is spoken by about 4-5 million people in the world, about 3 million of whom live in Paraguay, with the rest mainly in the adjacent geographical area in Brazil, Argentina, and Bolivia.
Interesting Fact #3
Paraguay means ‘born of water’ or ‘river that gives birth to the sea’. Others say that ‘para’ means great river, ‘gua’ means from or to, and ‘y’ means water, making ‘water from the great river’.
Music in Guaraní from Paraguay
Whether you’re in a convenience store in Asunción, the Chaco Desert, or Encaración, you’re likely to hear cumbia. In Latin America, no musical style has been as widespread and unifying. The first two tracks are cumbia in Guaraní, and the third is a children’s song from the time of the Stroessner Dictatorship.
Art by Dulcina Segobia
Whether you’re in a convenience store in Asunción, the Chaco Desert, or Encaración, you’re likely to hear cumbia. In Latin America, no musical style has been as widespread and unifying. The first two tracks are cumbia in Guaraní, and the third is a children’s song from the time of the Stroessner.
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