Guarayu language

Guarayu (Guarayu: Gwarayú, nyanyanye, ñañañe, guarani'ete) is a Tupian language of Bolivia that is spoken by the Guarayo people who number 23,910 in 2012.^[2]

Guarayu
Gwarayú, nyanyanye, ñañañe, guarani'ete'
Native to	Bolivia, Paraguay
Region	Santa Cruz, Boquerón
Ethnicity	12,000 (2012)[1]
Native speakers	8,400 (2012)[1]
Language family	Tupian Tupí–Guaraní Guarayu–Sirionó Guarayu
Official status
Official language in	Bolivia
Language codes
ISO 639-3	gyr
Glottolog	guar1292
ELP	Guarayu

There were some 30 speakers of Guarayu in Paraguay as of 2012. ^[3]

Phonology

Vowels

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i, ĩ	ɨ, ɨ̃	u, ũ
Mid	e, ẽ		o, õ
Open		a, ã

Consonants

		Bilabial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar		Glottal
					plain	lab.
Nasal	central	m	n	ɲ
	post-ploded	mᵇ	nᵈ
Stop	voiceless	p	t		k	kʷ	ʔ
	pre-ploded					ᶢw
	prenasal vl.	(ᵐp)	(ⁿt)		(ᵑk)
	prenasal vd.				ᵑɡ	ᵑᶢw
Affricate			t͡s	t͡ʃ
Fricative		β	s
Tap			ɾ
Glide				j		w

• [ᵐp, ⁿt, ᵑk] are heard as allophones of /p, t, k/ when in nasal vowel position.^[4]