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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Americas > Paraguay > Aché

Aché

A language of Paraguay

ISO 639-3guq

Population  1,360 (2007). Ethnic population: 1,500.
Region  Eastern departments of Alto Paraná and Caaguazú; Chopa Pou, Cerro Moroti, Puerto Barra, Koetuvy, Ypetimi and Arroyo bandera reservations.
Language map  Paraguay, reference number 1
Alternate names   Axe, “Guaiaqui” , “Guayakí” , Guayaki-Ache, “Guoyagui”
Dialects  6 dialects.
Classification  Tupi, Tupi-Guarani, Subgroup I
Language use  Also use Paraguayan Guaraní [gug].
Language development  Dictionary. Bible portions: 1978–2007.
Comments  Scattered and nomadic. Agriculturalists.