Guato

/ɡwɑːˈtoʊ/ noun

Definition

An indigenous people of Brazil and Paraguay, or their language; also spelled Guató.

Etymology

From the indigenous Guató people of South America, likely a self-designation. The term entered anthropological and linguistic literature in the 19th and 20th centuries.

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The Guató people were river specialists who built sophisticated canoe cultures—their language is nearly extinct with only a handful of speakers remaining today!

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