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Indigenous peoples in Paraguay

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Indigenous people in Paraguay
Contemporary Paraguayan Native village, 2003

Indigenous peoples in Paraguay, or Native Paraguayans, include 17 ethnic groups belonging to five language families. While only a 1.7% of Paraguay's population is fully indigenous, 75% of the population identifies as being partially of indigenous descent; however, the majority does not identify as being indigenous but as Mestizos. Most of the native population lives in the northwestern part of the country, the Gran Chaco.

Population

The Second National Indigenous Census, conducted in 2002, recording approximately 87,099 people, or 1.7% of the country's population, as being indigenous; however, as many as 75% of the Paraguayan population is mestizo, that is of partial Amerindian descent. Since the late 20th century, the indigenous population is growing faster than the rest of the population. As of 2002, 47.1% of the native population was 14 years old or younger.

Settlement

An increasing percentage of the registered indigenous population lives in the northwestern region of Paraguay. The 1981 census reported 32.8% of the indigenous peoples living there, while 44.2% lived there in 1992, and 50.7% in 2002. The majority of indigenous peoples live in rural areas in 412 indigenous communities.

Indigenous reserves are in place to protect uncontacted peoples and other isolated communities.

Languages

Indigenous Paraguayan languages belong to five language families: Guarani, Guaycuru, Maskoy, Mataco-Mataguayo, and Zamuco. The Guarani language, along with Spanish, is an official language of Paraguay and is spoken by 90% of the population.

Social issues

Literacy rates are low among indigenous peoples in Paraguay, who have an illiteracy rate of 51% compared to the 7.1% rate of the general population.

Access to clean drinking water is a major challenge. Only 2.5% of Paraguay's indigenous population has access to drinking water and only 9.5% have electricity.

Tribes

  • Aché
  • Abipón
  • Ayoreo
  • Chané
  • Chamacoco (Ishir)
    • Ebytoso
    • Tomáraho
  • Chiripá
  • Chorote
  • Guana
  • Guaraní
  • Lengua (Enxet)
  • Nivaclé (Chulupí)
  • Macá
  • Mbayá
  • Pai-Tavyter
  • Sanapaná
  • Toba
  • Zamuco

Notes

References

  1. [http://www.paho.org/english/dd/ais/cp_600.htm "Paraguay."] ''Pan-American Health Organization.'' (retrieved 12 July 2011)
  2. [http://www.everyculture.com/No-Sa/Paraguay.html "Paraguay."] ''Countries and Their Cultures.'' (retrieved 12 July 2011)
  3. [https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/paraguay/ "Paraguay: Ethnic Groups."] ''CIA: The World Factbook.'' (retrieved 12 July 2011)
  4. Dimitri Selibas. (5 July 2023). "Bill stripping Peru’s isolated Indigenous people of land and protections scrapped". Mongabay.
  5. [http://www.native-languages.org/paraguay.htm "Native American Tribes of Paraguay."] ''Native Languages.'' (retrieved 12 July 2011)
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