Jopara

Jopara
Yopará
Native toParaguay
Language codes
ISO 639-3
Glottologjopa1240

Jopara[1] (Guarani pronunciation: [ɟopaˈɾa]) or Yopará (Spanish: [ɟʝopaˈɾa]) is a colloquial form of Guarani spoken in Paraguay which uses a number of Spanish loan words. Its name is from the Guarani word for "mixture".[2]

The majority of Paraguayans, particularly younger ones, speak some form of Jopara.

  1. ^ Lustig, Wolf: Guaraní y jopara en el Paraguay (http://www.staff.uni-mainz.de/lustig/guarani/art/jopara.pdf)
  2. ^ Britton, A. Scott (2004). Guarani-English/English-Guarani Concise Dictionary. New York: Hippocrene Books. ISBN 978-0781810661