RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Paraguay's Constitution declared the country a bilingual nation in 1992, as the majority of its inhabitants speak the 2 official languages, Spanish and Guarani. However, there are 19 other indigenous languages spoken by the 19 native peoples.
The peoples are grouped into 5 linguistic families, Guaraní (Aché, Avá Guaraní, Mbya Guaraní, Paĩ Tavyterã, Guaraní Ñandéva, Guaraní Occidental), Maskoy (Toba Maskoy, Enlhet Norte, Enxet Sur, Sanapaná, Angaité, Guaná), Mataguayo Mataco (Nivaclé, Maká, Manjui), the Zamuco (Ayoreo, Ybytoso, Tomárãho) and Guaicurú (Qom).
According to data from Paraguay's Secretariat of Linguistic Policies, "49.3 . . .
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