How the Word "Bilingual" Simplifies Reality: Insights from the Paraguayan Experience.

This article presents an overview of the current situation of Paraguay's languages, focusing on the Indigenous languages spoken in the territory and their multilingual practices. Using the previous literature on the languages of Paraguay, census data, and legal texts, I show how the myth of Spanish-...

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Published in:	Journal of Multilingual Theories & Practices Vol. 6; no. 1; pp. 80 - 113
Main Author:	Pöllänen, Roosa
Format:	Article
Published:	University of Toronto Press Sep2025
Subjects:	Indigenous languages of the Americas Language planning Language policy Multilingualism Social attitudes Bilingualism Eurocentrism Paraguay
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