Ñandeva
/ɲãndeˈβa/noun
Ñandeva is a name used for a Guarani-speaking Indigenous people and language variety in parts of Paraguay, Brazil, and neighboring regions.
Did you know?Ñandeva is not a single universally fixed label: different Indigenous communities and outside researchers have used it in overlapping ways for Guarani-related peoples and varieties.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Tupí-Guaraní
PTG
*ñande
“We or our, including the person being addressed”
Early Guarani
Guarani
ñande
“We, our, or belonging to us”
Historical Guarani
Guarani
ava
“Person, human being, or Indigenous person”
Colonial period
Guarani
ñande ava
“Our people or our persons; a phrase formed from ñande and ava”
19th–20th Century
Spanish/Portuguese
Ñandeva
“An ethnographic name applied to Guarani-related communities and speech varieties”
Modern English
English
Ñandeva
“A proper name for a Guarani Indigenous people and associated language variety”