Guarayos

Guarayo, also spelled Huarayo, is a Bolivian word for "savages" used for speakers of various languages of Guarayos Province in central Bolivia, who number 23,910.[1] Among the languages are:

History

Most likely Guarayos migrated to Bolivia from Paraguay centuries before when the Guaraní attacked the frontiers of the Incan empire.[2] Guarayos ancestors are believed to be the Guaraní.[3] Guarayos and Pauserna once made up a single group; one part of that group, the ancestors of the Guarayos, was moved into missions, and the other part remained independent and is known as Pauserna.[2][4]

See also

References
  1. "Censo de Población y Vivienda 2012 Bolivia Características de la Población". Instituto Nacional de Estadística, República de Bolivia. p. 29.
  2. Olson, James Stuart (1991). The Indians of Central and South America: An Ethnohistorical Dictionary. books.google. p. 288. ISBN 9780313263873.
  3. Nordenskiöld, Erland (1917). "The Guarani Invasion of the Inca Empire in the Sixteenth Century: An Historical Indian Migration". Geographical Review. 4 (2): 103–121. doi:10.2307/207290. JSTOR 207290.
  4. Nordenskiöld, Erland (1915). Forskningar och äventyr i Sydamerika. pp. 331.


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