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Peer reviewedGynan, Shaw N. – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2001
Discusses language planning and policy in Paraguay, a country that is unique among the countries of the Americas because nearly 90% of the non-indigenous population speaks Guarani, an indigenous language. Highlights an initiative to implement universal, two-way bilingual education in Guarani and Spanish that has resulted in widespread use of…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Foreign Countries, Guarani, Language Planning
