Classical Guarani
Extinct Guarani variant of South America / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Classical Guarani, also known as Missionary Guarani or Old Guarani (abá ñeȇ́ lit. 'the people's language') is an extinct variant of the Guarani language. It was spoken in the region of the thirty Jesuit missions among the Guarani (current territories of Paraguay, Argentina and Brazil). The Jesuits studied the language for around 160 years, assigning it a writing system and consolidating several dialects into one unified language.[1] Classical Guarani went extinct gradually after their suppression in 1767.
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Classical Guarani | |
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Missionary Guarani, Old Guarani | |
abá ñeȇ́ | |
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Pronunciation | [ʔaʋaɲẽˈʔẽ] |
Native to | Paraguay, Argentina, Brazil |
Region | Jesuit missions among the Guaraní |
Ethnicity | Guaraní, Jesuit missionaries |
Era | 16th century – 18th century AD |
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Guarani alphabet (Latin script) | |
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ISO 639-3 | – |
Glottolog | oldp1258 |
Map of the Jesuit reductions among the Guarani | |
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Despite its extinction, its bibliographical production and that of written documents was rich and is still mostly conserved.[2] Therefore, it is considered an important literary branch in the history of Guarani.