Just a few weeks ago (late-August 2026), I came across an article by The Economist which covered the Guaraní language, also known as Avañe'ẽ, which is one of the official languages of Paraguay alongside Spanish. However, the connotations attached to the increasing popularity in Guaraní seemed to be done pretty insensitively. After all, Guaraní is … Continue reading When an indigenous language becomes ‘trendy’ and ‘hipster’
Tupi–Guarani
Talking about the split-intransitivity alignment
Previously, we have taken a look at the systems of morphosyntactic alignment that are commonly seen in the world's languages, as well as some of their rarer counterparts. From alignments like nominative-accusative and ergative-absolutive to rarer ones like symmetrical voice, we have seen how different languages have taken different approaches to express the relationship between … Continue reading Talking about the split-intransitivity alignment
