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Aché

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Axe; Guaiaqui; Guoyagui; Guayakí; Guayaki-Ache; Guayaki; Guayaquí; Guaiaqui; Guajaki; Guoyagui;

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Tupian; Tupi-Guaranian; Guaranian

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guq

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Aché Documentation Project (ADOP)
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Aché Documentation Project (ADOP)
Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 17th Edition (2013)
Language endangerment in South America: The clock is ticking.
South America
The World Atlas of Language Structures
World Oral Literature Project
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200

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400

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2013

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Eastern Paraguay

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Canindeyú Department, Chupa Pou, Kontuwy, Kontuwywe, and Arroyo Bandera; Caaguazú Department, Cerro Moroti; Alto Paraná Department, Puerto Barra; Caazapá Department, Ypetimi.

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Canindeyú Department, Chupa Pou, Kontuwy, Kontuwywe, and Arroyo Bandera; Caaguazú Department, Cerro Moroti; Alto Paraná Department, Puerto Barra; Caazapá Department, Ypetimi.

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1,000

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1,420

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1,000 (2006 census); 50 monolinguals; ethnic population: 1,420. (Unchanged 2016.)

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2013

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Ethnologue (2013) reports the Literacy rate in L1 as being 20%, and the literacy rate in L2 as being 80%.

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911

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1242

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2012

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Paraguay

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515

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640

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2007

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2005

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-25.25,-55.1666666667

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  1. Die Sprache der Guayaki
    Mayntzhusen, F. C. 1919-1920. "Die Sprache Der Guayaki." In Zeitschrift für Eingeborenensprachen, X: 2-22.
  2. Die Ethnosyntaktische Struktur der Achê-Guayakí-Sprache
    Paiva, A. Firmino de. Die Ethnosyntaktische Struktur Der Achê-Guayakí-Sprache. PhD thesis, Bonn: Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität, 1979.
  3. On the Guayaki-Problem in Paraguay: A sketch
    Cadogan, León. 1967. "On the Guayaki-Problem in Paraguay: A Sketch." In Bulletin of the International Committee on Urgent Anthropological Ethnological Research, 9: 41-44.
  4. Estudios Guayaki: Sistema fonetico y tematico
    Susnik, Branka J. 1974. "Estudios Guayaki: Sistema Fonetico Y Tematico." Museo Etnografico "Andres Barbero".
  5. Material zur Ethnographie und Sprache der Guayaki-Indianer
    Vogt, P. 1902, 1903. "Material Zur Ethnographie Und Sprache Der Guayaki-Indianer." In ZfE, 34, 35: 30-45, 849-874.
  6. Vellard, J. 1934, 1935. .In Journal de la Société des Américanistes, XXVI, XXVII: 223-292, 175-246.
  7. El indio Guayaki: Una raza interesante y mal conocida
    Bertoni, Guillermo Tell. 1924. "El Indio Guayaki: Una Raza Interesante Y Mal Conocida." In Annaes do XX Congresso internacional de Americanistas realizado no Rio de Janeiro de 20 a 30 de agosto de 1922, 1: 103-110. Rio de Janeiro: Imprensa nacional.
  8. Estudios Guayaki
    Susnik, Branislava. 1974. "Estudios Guayaki." Asunción del Paraguay: Muséo Etnográfico "Andrés Barbero".
  9. Métraux, Alfred and Herbert Baldus. 1946. .In The Marginal Tribes, edited by Julian H. Steward. 1: 435-444. Smithsonian Institution, Washington: Bureau of American Ethnology.
  10. Endangered Languages Catalogue Project. Compiled by research teams at University of Hawai'i Mānoa and Institute for Language Information and Technology (LINGUIST List) at Eastern Michigan University
    2012. "Endangered Languages Catalogue Project. Compiled By Research Teams At University of Hawai'i Mānoa and Institute For Language Information and Technology (LINGUIST List) At Eastern Michigan University."
  11. Aché Documentation Project (ADOP)
    Jost Gippert and Sebastian Drude. 2013. "Aché Documentation Project (ADOP)." In DOBES Documentation Projects, Online: http://dobes.mpi.nl/projects/ache/language.
    http://dobes.mpi.nl/projects/ache/language
  12. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 17th Edition (2013)
    Lewis, M. Paul, Gary F. Simons, and Charles D. Fennig (eds.), 2013. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 17th edition. Dallas, Texas: SIL International. Online version: http://www.ethnologue.com.
    http://www.ethnologue.com Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 17th Edition (2013)
  13. The World Atlas of Language Structures
    2005. "The World Atlas of Language Structures." edited by Bernard Comrie et al. Oxford University Press.
  14. Language endangerment in South America: The clock is ticking.
    Crevels, Mily. 2012. "Language Endangerment in South America: The Clock Is Ticking." In The Indigenous Languages of South America: A Comprehensive Guide, 167-234. Mouton de Gruyter.
  15. South America
    Crevels, Mily. 2007. "South America." In Atlas of the World's Endangered Languages, edited by C. Moseley. 103-196. London & New York: Routledge.
  16. World Oral Literature Project
    "World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.
    http://www.oralliterature.org
  17. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)
    Lewis, M. Paul (ed.). 2009. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16 edn. http://www.ethnologue.com/home.asp. (15 February, 2011.)
    http://www.ethnologue.com/
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