Western Bolivian Guaraní in Paraguay

Speakers

785

Type

Location

Western Bolivian Guaraní in Paraguay

Country

Information available

1. Basics

Names

Western Bolivian Guaraní in Paraguay

Size

785

2. Status

Status

  • Official country wide language
  • Official regional language
  • Official minority language
  • Recognised community language
  • Unrecognised community language
National language
No
Indigenous language
No
Administrative units of the country
Occidental region, Department of Boquerón and Región Oriental, Department of San Pedro

3. State

Documentation: materials

Written

  • Extended corpora
  • Annotated corpora
  • Corpus/corpora
  • Materials/corpus
  • Some materials
  • No materials
Digital
Yes

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Video

Digital

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Audio

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Documentation: descriptions

  • Elaborated dictionaries, grammars, statistical language models, etc.
  • Dictionaries and grammars
  • Dictionary and grammar
  • Glossary and descriptions
  • Few descriptions
  • No descriptions

Standardization

  • Modern standard language
  • Young standard language
  • Standardised language
  • Quasi-standard language
  • Semi-standardised language
  • Un-standardised language

Graphisation & script encoding

  • Standardised writing system with full script encoding
  • Conventionalised writing system with partial script encoding
  • Consistent writing system with no script encoding
  • Unsystematic writing system(s)
  • Limited written use
  • No written use

4. Users

Geographical distribution

  • Users live and dominate in all regions of the country
  • Users live in one [state/...] of the country
  • Users live in a cross-border region [state/...] of the country
  • Users live in separated [states/...] of the country
  • Users live dispersed across one [state/...] of the country
  • Users live scattered all over the country

Settlements

  • Rural
  • Urban
Administrative units of the country
Departments of Boquerón and San Pedro.

Size / Number of users

Number of users

785
Source
census
Year
2012

Users within total population

0.00000
Less than 1% use the language

PROPORTION

0
Source
census, 2012

Users within the reference community

Age distribution of users

524
67
percentage of members of middle generations (15-65)
Source

census, 2012

Age distribution of users

213
27
percentage of members of young generations (< 15)
Source

census, 2012

Age distribution of users

48
6
percentage of members of older generations (> 65)
Source

census, 2012

Generational use

All generations

Educational attainment

41
59
64
No education
Source

census, 2012

32
68
19
Early childhood education
Source

census, 2012

54
46
545
Primary education
Source

census, 2012

39
61
70
Lower secondary education
Source

census, 2012

48
52
50
Higher secondary education
Source

census, 2012

43
57
28
Tertiary education
Source

census, 2012

Occupational qualifications

66
34
82
Elementary occupations
Source

census, 2012

100
9
Plant and machine operators and assemblers
Source

census, 2012

43
57
65
Craft and related trades workers
Source

census, 2012

64
36
112
Skilled agricultural, forestry and fishery workers
Source

census, 2012

75
25
12
Services and sales workers
Source

census, 2012

100
2
Clerical support workers
Source

census, 2012

33
67
6
Technicians and associate professionals
Source

census, 2012

43
57
14
Professionals
Source

census, 2012

Managers
Source

census, 2012

Language competence

Language not used
Understand little, speak/sign none
Understand some, speak/sign little
Understand well, speak/sign some
Understand all, speak/sign well
Understand all, speak/sign fluently

Literacy of users

More than 50% of users with literacy in the language
Source

census, 2012

Digital use

5. Use

Socio-geographic dimension

Geographic scope
  • International
  • Supranational
  • Cross-border (states)
  • State-wide
  • Supra-regional cross-border
  • Supra-regional
  • Regional cross-border
  • Regional
  • Local
Source
Boquerón, Región Occidental and San Pedro, Región Oriental

Economic dimension

Functional dimension

Functional scope
  • Public domains
  • Everyday domains
  • Private domains
Nature
complementary
Stability
Decreasing
Functional scope
  • Public domains
  • Everyday domains
  • Private domains
Nature
equal
Stability
Decreasing
Functional scope
  • Public domains
  • Everyday domains
  • Private domains
Nature
complementary
Stability
Decreasing

Functional use in administration

Types of language use

Ethnoculture

Formal Education

Early childhood education
Primary level
Lower secondary level
Higher secondary level
Tertiary level

Public healthcare

Information, communication and cultural production

Legal system

Language use in the legal system
  • General use
  • Legal transactions
  • Court proceedings
  • Written submissions
  • Spoken/signed testimonies
  • Language not used

Completion