Pai Tavytera | |
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Ava, Pai, Tavytera | |
Native to | Paraguay |
Ethnicity | 8,030 Pai Tavytera people (2007) |
Native speakers
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600 (2007) |
Tupian
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 |
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Glottolog | pait1247 |
Pai Tavytera is a Guarani language spoken by about 600 Pai Tavytera people in eastern Paraguay, in Amambay, eastern Concepción, eastern San Pedro, and northern Canindeyú Departments. The language has 70% lexical similarity with the Kaiwá language, spoken in Brazil. Among Pai Tavyetera people, language use is shifting towards Guaraní.
The language is written in the Latin script.