Pai Tavytera | Ethnologue

A language of Paraguay

ISO 639: pta
Alternate Names: Avá, Kaiova, Kaiowa, Pai, Tavytera
Autonym: Pai Tavyterã
Population: 6,360 (Crevels 2012), decreasing. Ethnic population: 13,400 (Crevels 2012).
Location:: Amambay, Canindeyú, Concepción, and San Pedro departments.
Language Status: 6b (Threatened). Recognized language (2010, Languages Act, No. 4251, Article 2).
Classification: Tupian, Tupí-Guaraní, Guaraní, Guaraní
Dialects: None known. Lexical similarity: 70% with Kaiwá [kgk] of Brazil.
Typology: 15 consonants and 12 vowels (6 oral, 6 nasal).
Language Use: Some of all ages. Also use Guarani [grn], with many youth shifting.
Language Resources: OLAC resources in and about Pai Tavytera
Writing: Latin script [Latn].

Location: Amambay, Canindeyú, Concepción, and San Pedro departments.