GUARANIS  , a tribe and stock of

South American Indians, having their home in Paraguay, Uruguay and on the Brazilian coast . The Guaranis had developed some civilization before the arrival of the Spaniards, and being a peaceable people quickly submitted . They form to-day the chief element in the populations of Paraguay and Uruguay . Owing to its patronage by the Jesuit missionaries the Guarani language became a widespread medium of communication, and in a corrupted form is still the common language in Paraguay .