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From https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/06/world/americas/paraguay-guarani-language.html

Newfound Pride in Guaraní, a Language Long Disdained in Paraguay
by Miles McCormick
January 6, 2018

Despite its widespread use — Paraguay is the only country in the Americas where the majority of the population speaks a single indigenous language — Guaraní has long been considered palatable for use on the streets and at home, but unsuitable in the spheres of power.

Yet today, officials and intellectuals in Paraguay are working to promote a positive image of the language, in an effort to make good on the 1992 Constitution’s aim to put it on equal footing with Spanish.

Read the full article at https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/06/world/americas/paraguay-guarani-language.html

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