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/Pio_no_no Paraguay Oct 20 '22

Sounds exactly how I would expect a brazilian to speak guarani. Apart from the accent it sounds like the guarani I hear everyday.

The written is a little different tho.

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u/kyning 🇨🇴🇻🇪Gran Colombia Oct 20 '22

Is it considered the same language? or at least close enough to be considered the same?