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Guaraní - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30) |
 | | GUARANÍ [Guaraní], indigenous group living in the eastern lowland area of South America, related to the Tupí of the Rio São Francisco and the Tupinambá on the Atlantic coast. |
 | | The Guaraní language is currently spoken by over 4 million people in Paraguay and in adjacent portions of Argentina, Brazil, and Bolivia. |
 | | The Guaraní survived initial contact with rapacious conquistadors because Paraguay lay apart from the main routes of Spanish trade and influence. |
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