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Guarayu

A language of Bolivia

ISO 639-3: gyr

Population	5,930 (Adelaar 2000). Ethnic population: 7,235 (Adelaar 2000).
Region	Northeast Guarayos River area.
Language map	Bolivia, reference number 11
Alternate names	“Guarayo”
Classification	Tupi, Tupi-Guarani, Subgroup II
Language use	All ages.
Language development	950 children in school in Urubicha. 31 of 34 teachers are Guarayu (1995). NT: 1985.
Writing system	Latin script.
Comments	Different from Guarayo [gui] of Paraguay (same as ‘Chiriguano;) and Huarayo (Ese Ejja) [ese] of Peru and Bolivia. “Guarayo”, used for several groups, means savage. SOV. Traditional religion, Christian.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

DIETRICH, Wolf, author. 1990. "Chiriguano and Guarayo word formation."

JACKSON, Evangelyn, author. 1964. "Native toys of the Guarayu Indians."

LEMLE, Miriam, author. 1971. "Internal classification of the Tupi-Guarani linguistic family."  

NEWTON, Dennis, author. 1978. "Guarayu discourse."

NEWTON, Dennis, author. 1992. "The function of time words in Guarayu."  

PRIEST, Perry N., author. 1987. "A contribution to comparative studies in the Guaraní linguistic family."

WIESEMANN, Ursula, author. 1978. Workpapers of the Summer Institute of Linguistics, Riberalta, Bolivia, 1972-1976.

Vernacular Publications

Ayerocɨ-pota 1. 1968.

Ayerocɨ-pota 2. 1971.

Quiero contarles unos casos del Beni. 1978.