Old Tupi
E890398
Old Tupi is an extinct indigenous language of coastal Brazil that served as a major lingua franca during the early colonial period and is a key member of the Tupian language family.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Old Tupi canonical | 2 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
extinct language
ⓘ
indigenous language ⓘ language ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Brazilian language (historical)
ⓘ
Tupinambá language NERFINISHED ⓘ língua brasílica ⓘ |
| documentedBy | Jesuit grammarians ⓘ |
| documentedIn |
16th century
ⓘ
17th century ⓘ |
| eraOfProminence | early colonial period of Brazil ⓘ |
| extinctionPeriod | 18th century ⓘ |
| glottocode | oldt1249 ⓘ |
| hasCulturalRole |
key component of early Brazilian colonial culture
ⓘ
source of many Brazilian place names and plant and animal names ⓘ |
| hasDescendant |
Língua Geral Amazônica
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Língua Geral Paulista NERFINISHED ⓘ Nheengatu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
distinction between inclusive and exclusive first-person plural pronouns
ⓘ
lack of grammatical gender ⓘ nasal harmony ⓘ postpositions instead of prepositions ⓘ rich verbal morphology ⓘ |
| hasNotableGrammar | Anchieta's grammar of Tupi GENERATED ⓘ |
| influenced |
Brazilian Portuguese vocabulary
ⓘ
Nheengatu NERFINISHED ⓘ ethnonyms in Brazil ⓘ toponymy of Brazil ⓘ |
| ISO639-3 | tpw ⓘ |
| languageBranch | Tupi–Guarani NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Tupian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| lexifierOf | Nheengatu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| memberOf | Tupian language family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| morphologicalType | agglutinative language ⓘ |
| primaryWordOrder | SOV ⓘ |
| region | Atlantic coast of Brazil ⓘ |
| replacedBy | Portuguese language in Brazil ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Brazil
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
coastal Brazil ⓘ |
| status | extinct ⓘ |
| subclassOf | Tupi–Guarani language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timeDepth | pre-Columbian period to 18th century ⓘ |
| usedAs |
lingua franca
ⓘ
trade language ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Jesuit missionaries in Brazil
ⓘ
Portuguese colonists in Brazil ⓘ indigenous peoples of coastal Brazil ⓘ |
| usedFor |
Christian missionary work
ⓘ
colonial administration in parts of Brazil ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.