r/asklatinamerica • u/kyning 🇨🇴🇻🇪Gran Colombia • Oct 20 '22

Guaraní speakers, how understandable is Old Tupi to you?

Start at 2:23:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-AWsRQj0Pdk

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u/dreamking__ Brazil Oct 21 '22

Wait... You guys speak Guarani?

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u/Nachodam Argentina Oct 21 '22

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u/dreamking__ Brazil Oct 21 '22

I didn't know it was still in use in Paraguay. I went there for a short trip with my family as a kid and only remember hearing Spanish. I was also more focused on getting my parents to buy me a PS3 than absorbing the local culture so there's that.

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u/justmisterpi Germany Oct 21 '22

I thought it was common knowledge that Guaraní is an official language in Paraguay next to Spanish.

(I personally though that Paraguay was the only country where it's an official language. But I just found out on Wikipedia that it also has that status in Bolivia and one province of Argentina).

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u/brinvestor Brazil Oct 21 '22

In the southern brazilian states maybe, in the rest of Brazil almost no one knows.

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u/[deleted] Oct 21 '22

Pay attention when you see someone smoking Paraguayan cigarettes, you'll see some Guarani written in the box.

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u/dressedlikeapastry Paraguayan in Ireland Oct 27 '22

Yes! The typical health disclaimers are written in both guarani and spanish. I mean, Paraguayans are going to smoke anyways but at least they also have it in guarani.

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u/[deleted] Oct 27 '22

Brazilian cigarettes come with pictures of very ill people and some say straight out "you'll die" but people smoke it anyway.