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Lesson on BBC Sounds. from the BBC World Service, I'm Mike Lanchin. Today we're going back to

1992 when Paraguay became the only country in Latin America with two

official languages, Spanish and the widely spoken Guarani.

The move ended years of rejection and discrimination towards the majority speakers of the

indigenous language. This is an

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this is an 85-year-old

recording of Jose Asuncion Flores, Paraguay's legendary composer and creator of the Guaranya music genre. Here Flores is introducing one of his songs in Guaraní, he sings some of its melody. Day. for its slow melancholic rhythms and often sung in a mixture of Spanish and Guarani

was credited with playing a crucial role in keeping the indigenous language alive in

Paraguay in the early 20th century.

Today Guarani is the most widely spoken indigenous language in South America.

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