Tupi language

E1007889

The Tupi language is an extinct indigenous language of coastal Brazil that formed the basis for several Tupian languages and significantly influenced Brazilian Portuguese vocabulary and place names.

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Label Occurrences
Tupi language canonical 1

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Tupian language
extinct language
indigenous language
branchOf Tupi–Guarani branch NERFINISHED
country Brazil
developedInto Lingua Geral Amazônica NERFINISHED
Lingua Geral Paulista NERFINISHED
Nheengatu NERFINISHED
ethnicity Tupi peoples NERFINISHED
indigenous peoples of Brazil
extinctionReason colonial policies
language shift to Portuguese
family Tupian NERFINISHED
hasAlternativeName Ancient Tupi NERFINISHED
Old Tupi language NERFINISHED
Tupinambá language
hasDescendant modern Tupian languages
hasPart Old Tupi NERFINISHED
influenced Brazilian Portuguese NERFINISHED
Brazilian Portuguese vocabulary
Brazilian toponymy
place names in Brazil
languageCode none
languageFamily Tupian NERFINISHED
lexicalInfluenceOn Brazilian Portuguese animal names
Brazilian Portuguese food terms
Brazilian Portuguese place names
Brazilian Portuguese plant names
notableLoanwordToPortuguese Iguaçu GENERATED
Ipanema GENERATED
Paraná GENERATED
Pernambuco GENERATED
Pindamonhangaba GENERATED
abacaxi GENERATED
capim GENERATED
pipoca GENERATED
region coastal Brazil
spokenIn Portuguese colony of Brazil NERFINISHED
status extinct
subclassOf Tupian languages NERFINISHED
timePeriod colonial Brazil
pre-colonial Brazil
usedAs lingua franca in colonial Brazil
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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Reritiba hasNameOrigin Tupi language