Bruno Estigarribia

Bruno Estigarribia is a researcher affiliated with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's Department of Romance Studies and College of Arts and Sciences. His work focuses on Paraguayan Guarani linguistics, including the creation of a reference grammar and digital archive of contemporary Guarani. He has received significant academic honors, including a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Fellowship and multiple excellence awards from UNC institutions.

• Published book: A Grammar of Paraguayan Guarani (UCL Press, 2020)
• Co-edited volume: Guarani Linguistics in the 21st Century (Brill, 2017)

His research intersects with linguistic decolonization, language preservation, and sociolinguistic practices in Paraguay and Argentina. The NEH Fellowship supported fieldwork for a publicly accessible Guarani language archive, while UNC grants funded early stages of his work.

Scientific awards received include:

• NEH Fellowship (2018)
• Schwab Academic Excellence Award (2018)
• Schwab Excellence Award (2018)
• Buchan Excellence Fund support