Jopara

E174983

Jopara is a mixed language spoken in Paraguay that blends Guaraní and Spanish in everyday communication.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Jopara canonical 1
Yopará 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf contact language
macaronic language
mixed language
associatedWithEthnicGroup Paraguayan people
countryOfficialLanguagesContext Guaraní
Paraguay
Spanish
hasAlternativeName Jopara
surface form: Yopará
hasCodeMixingType code-mixing
code-switching
hasCulturalRole marker of Paraguayan identity
symbol of bilingualism in Paraguay
hasLanguageComponent Guaraní
Spanish
hasLinguisticFeature alternation of Guaraní and Spanish within sentences
borrowing of Guaraní vocabulary into Spanish structures
borrowing of Spanish vocabulary into Guaraní structures
frequent use of Guaraní particles in Spanish clauses
phonological influence of Guaraní on Spanish words
hasRegion rural Paraguay
urban Paraguay
hasSociolinguisticStatus colloquial speech form
non-standard variety
hasUsageContext family conversations
marketplace interactions
political discourse in informal settings
schoolyard conversations
hasWritingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script
influencedBy Guaraní
surface form: Paraguayan Guaraní

Paraguayan Spanish
languageFamilyContext Romance languages
Tupian languages
primaryRegion Paraguay
relatedLanguageVariety Guaraní
surface form: Paraguayan Guaraní

Paraguayan Spanish
spokenIn Paraguay
typicalDomain informal speech
popular culture
usedBy bilingual speakers of Guaraní and Spanish
usedIn everyday communication
usedInMediaType radio
social media
television
usesGrammarFrom Guaraní
Spanish
usesLexiconFrom Guaraní
Spanish

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Paraguay regionalLanguage Jopara
Jopara hasAlternativeName Jopara
this entity surface form: Yopará