Guarayu () is a Tupian language of Bolivia that is spoken by the Guarayo people who numbered 23,910 in 2012.
There were some 30 speakers of Guarayu in Paraguay as of 2012.
Phonology +VowelsFrontCentralBackClose, , , Mid, , Open, +ConsonantsBilabialAlveolarPalatalVelarGlottalplainlab.Nasalcentralpost-plodedStopvoicelesspre-plodedprenasal vl.()()()prenasal vd.AffricateFricativeTapGlide
are heard as allophones of when in nasal vowel position.
References
Further reading Anónimo (2005). Gwarayu Ñe’ë, diccionario guarayo - castellano - guarayo. Cochabamba: Sociedad Bíblica Boliviana. Hoeller, Alfredo (1932). Guarayo-Deutsches Wörterbuch. Guarayos: Verlag der Missionsprokura der P.P. Franziskaner, Hall in Tirol.
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