Tupian languages
E256900
The Tupian languages are a major indigenous language family of South America, historically widespread across the Amazon and surrounding regions and including well-known languages such as Guarani and Tupi.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tupian languages canonical | 10 |
| Tupian language | 1 |
| Tupian language family | 1 |
Statements (59)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
indigenous language family
ⓘ
language family ⓘ |
| classificationStatus | widely accepted ⓘ |
| continent | South America ⓘ |
| country |
Argentina
ⓘ
Bolivia ⓘ Brazil ⓘ Colombia ⓘ French Guiana ⓘ British Guiana ⓘ
surface form:
Guyana
Paraguay ⓘ Peru ⓘ Suriname ⓘ Venezuela ⓘ |
| ethnolinguisticGroup |
Guarani peoples
ⓘ
Tupi peoples ⓘ |
| familyColor | American ⓘ |
| hasDescendant |
Brazilian Portuguese loanwords
ⓘ
Paraguayan Spanish loanwords ⓘ |
| hasSubfamily |
Arikém languages
ⓘ
Awetí languages ⓘ Juruna language ⓘ
surface form:
Juruna languages
Kawahib languages ⓘ Mawé languages ⓘ Mondé languages ⓘ Munduruku language ⓘ
surface form:
Mundurukú languages
Puruborá languages ⓘ Ramarama languages ⓘ Tuparí language ⓘ
surface form:
Tuparí languages
Tupi–Guaraní ⓘ
surface form:
Tupi–Guarani languages
|
| historicalContactLanguage |
Portuguese language
ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
surface form:
Spanish language
|
| historicalExtent |
Atlantic coast of Brazil
ⓘ
Paraná–Paraguay Basin ⓘ
surface form:
Paraguay River basin
upper Amazon region ⓘ |
| includesLanguage |
Awetí language
ⓘ
Guaraní ⓘ
surface form:
Guarani language
Kayabí language ⓘ
surface form:
Kamayurá language
Kayabí language ⓘ Mawé language ⓘ Munduruku language ⓘ
surface form:
Mundurukú language
Nheengatu ⓘ Old Tupi ⓘ Guaraní ⓘ
surface form:
Paraguayan Guaraní
Tapirapé language ⓘ Tembe language ⓘ Xetá language ⓘ |
| notableLanguage |
Guaraní
ⓘ
surface form:
Guarani language
Nheengatu ⓘ Old Tupi ⓘ |
| region |
Amazon Basin
ⓘ
central South America ⓘ eastern South America ⓘ |
| typologicalFeature |
SOV basic word order (in many languages)
ⓘ
agglutinative morphology ⓘ rich verbal morphology ⓘ |
| usedAsLinguaFranca | Nheengatu ⓘ |
| usedAsLinguaFrancaRegion | Amazon Basin ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Indigenous peoples of the Americas
this entity surface form:
Tupian language family
this entity surface form:
Tupian language