Talk:Languages of Paraguay

Impossible statistic
Previous version said: ''Spanish is spoken by about 87% of the population, while Guaraní is spoken by more than 90%, with about 4,650,000 speakers. 52% of rural Paraguayans are monolingual in Guaraní. 73% of the population is bilingual in both languages, while only 27% is monolingual either in Spanish or in Guaraní.''

This is mathematically impossible. If 87% speak Spanish and 90% speak Guarani, then at an absolute minimum 77% speak both languages.

Ordinary Person (talk) 05:41, 2 May 2017 (UTC)


 * The current version ("Spanish is spoken by about 87% of the population, […] 52% of rural Paraguayans exclusively speak Guaraní") is impossible too, since it would only allow no more than 25% of Paraguay's population to be rural, when in reality it's closer to 40%. --Lazar Taxon (talk) 04:10, 13 March 2021 (UTC)

Spanish Translation
I've translated the introduction of the Spanish page and carried over references. I altered the figures for Spanish and Guaraní speaking populations since the Spanish version is much more extensive. I also changed the article's status from stub to start. Jackofthejungle (talk) 18:44, 22 August 2021 (UTC)Jackofthejungle