Language code: `gn`

Technical information about ISO 639 language code gn

The table below provides technical details for the Guaraní language, designated by the gn code from the ISO 639-1 standard.

Code	`gn`
Name	Official Guaraní Native Avañe'ẽ
Family	Tupi-Guarani
Text direction	Left-to-Right
Language varieties	Central Paraguayan GuaraníNorthern Paraguayan GuaraníParanaense Guaraní
Related languages	Mbyá GuaraníÑandeva (Chiripá) GuaraníKaiwá (Paĩ Tavyterã)Aché (Guayakí)
Key facts	Spoken by both indigenous and non-indigenous populationsExhibits nasal harmony in which nasality spreads leftward until blockedPronouns distinguish inclusive versus exclusive forms of 'we'Highly agglutinative, allowing long words built from stacked affixesHas an active digital presence, including a complete Guaraní Wikipedia edition
Sample phrase	Maitei, mba'éichapa?
Character encodings	UTF-8, UTF-16, UTF-32
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Guaraní belongs to the Tupian language family, specifically to the Tupi-Guarani subgroup. It is one of the official languages of Paraguay, alongside Spanish, and is written using the Latin script (Guarani alphabet). It is estimated that there are more than 5.8 million speakers worldwide.

Language presence globally

Speakers

Paraguay

5.8M

*The graph shows a rough estimate of Guaraní speakers in countries where it is an official or minority language.

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