Paraguayan Spanish

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Paraguayan Spanish is the national variety of Spanish spoken in Paraguay, characterized by extensive lexical and grammatical influence from the indigenous Guaraní language.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Paraguayan Spanish canonical 2

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Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf variety of Spanish
associatedWith Paraguayan national identity
bilingual education policies in Paraguay
belongsTo Spanish language continuum
coexistsWith Guaraní language NERFINISHED
country Paraguay NERFINISHED
differsFrom Andean Spanish NERFINISHED
Castilian Spanish NERFINISHED
Mexican Spanish NERFINISHED
hasFeature Guaraní calques in everyday speech
Guaraní-influenced phonology
Guaraní-influenced syntax
code-switching with Guaraní
extensive lexical borrowing from Guaraní
frequent sentence-final particles from Guaraní
strong influence from Jopara
use of Guaraní discourse markers
use of diminutives with -ito and -ita
use of voseo
hasOfficialStatusIn Paraguay NERFINISHED
hasPhonologicalFeature aspiration or loss of syllable-final /s/ in some speakers
yeísmo
hasSociolinguisticFeature code-mixing known as Jopara
diglossia with Guaraní
historicalInfluenceFrom Jesuit missions in Paraguay NERFINISHED
Spanish colonization of Paraguay NERFINISHED
influencedBy Guaraní language NERFINISHED
ISO639-1Code es
ISO639-3Code spa
languageFamily Indo-European language family
surface form: Indo-European languages

Romance languages
mutuallyIntelligibleWith other Latin American Spanish varieties
region Southern Cone NERFINISHED
spokenIn Asunción NERFINISHED
Central Department (Paraguay) NERFINISHED
Paraguayan Chaco NERFINISHED
standardBasedOn Rioplatense Spanish NERFINISHED
typicalSpeakersAre bilingual in Spanish and Guaraní
usedBy majority of Paraguay’s population
usedIn education in Paraguay
government in Paraguay
media in Paraguay
rural areas of Paraguay
urban areas of Paraguay
usesWritingSystem Latin alphabet

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

Jopara influencedBy Paraguayan Spanish
Jopara relatedLanguageVariety Paraguayan Spanish