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Where is Güisnay spoken?

Güisnay is a Mataguayan language, spoken in Argentina, Bolivia and Paraguay. The outlined area on the map shows where.

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Where Güisnay is spoken

Güisnay is spoken in 3 countries: Argentina, Bolivia and Paraguay.

Country
Argentina
Bolivia
Paraguay

On the map, Güisnay is drawn as an area from Messineo 2011 (Gran Chaco). The area was digitised by the Glottography project (doi:10.5281/zenodo.18643516), and the atlas is cited on the data sources page. Language areas are generalisations, and cities and borderlands are multilingual, so the outline does not mean that everyone inside it speaks Güisnay.

How many people speak Güisnay?

Wikidata holds no speaker count for this language.

Status: Threatened. Glottolog lists it as threatened: it is still spoken by all generations, but there are signs that the number of speakers is falling.

Where Güisnay sits in the language family tree

Glottolog classifies Güisnay as follows, from the largest family down to the language itself.

  1. Mataguayan
  2. Mataguayo II
  3. Wichi
  4. Güisnay

Related languages

Other languages in the Wichi group:

More about Güisnay

Codes: ISO 639-3 mzh, Glottolog wich1264. Glottolog macroarea: South America.

Questions about Güisnay

Where is Güisnay spoken?

Güisnay is spoken in Argentina, Bolivia and Paraguay. On the map it is shown as an area from Messineo 2011 (Gran Chaco).

Which language family is Güisnay in?

Glottolog places Güisnay in the Mataguayan family, in the branch Mataguayo II and Wichi.

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