Western Bolivian Guarani

Western Bolivian Guarani
Simba
Native to	Bolivia, Argentina, Paraguay
Native speakers	7,000 (2002)[1]
Language family	Tupian Tupi–Guarani Guarani (I) Guarani Western Bolivian Guarani
Language codes
ISO 639-3	gnw
Glottolog	west2640[2]

Western Bolivian Guarani, known locally as Simba and Simba Guarani, is a Guarani language spoken in Bolivia, in the Chuquisaca Department north of the Pilcomayo River.

Western Bolivian Guarani is one of a number of "Guarani dialects" considered distinct languages by Ethnologue: Chiripá, Eastern Bolivian Guarani, Mbyá Guarani, Aché, Kaiwá, Xetá, and Paraguayan Guaraní. Of these, Paraguayan Guaraní is by far the most widely spoken variety and it is often referred to simply as Guaraní.

References

1. Western Bolivian Guarani at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
2. Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Western Bolivian Guaraní". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.