| Tupi-Guarani | |
|---|---|
| Geographic distribution: |
Brazil, Bolivia, French Guiana, Paraguay, Peru |
| Genetic classification: |
Tupian Tupi-Guarani |
| Subdivisions: |
8 subgroups
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Tupi-Guarani (
pronunciation (help·info)) is the name of the most important subfamily of the Tupian languages of South America. It includes fifty languages, including the best-known languages of the family, Guarani and Tupi.
Words like anhinga, carioca, capoeira, jaguar and tapioca are of Tupi-Guarani origin.
Languages
Rodriguez (1984-1985) proposed eight tentative branches of Tupi-Guarani:
- Guaraní (Subgroup I)
- Guarayu-Siriono-Jora (Subgroup II): Guarayu, Sirionó (Yuqui), Jorá (Hora)
- Tupi (Subgroup III): Old Tupi (lingua franca dialect Tupí Austral), Tupinamba (dialects Nheengatu, aka Língua Geral as lingua franca, and Potiguára), Cocama, Tupinikin,
- Subgroup IV: Akwáwa (dialects Asuriní, Suruí do Pará, Parakanã), Avá-Canoeiro, Tapirapé, Tenetehára (dialects Guajajara, Tembé)
- Subgroup V: Xingú Asuriní, Kayabí, possibly Araweté
- Subgroup VI: Apiacá, Kawahíb (dialects Amondawa, Júma, Karipuná, Tenharim-Parintintín, Uru-eu-wau-wau, likely others now extinct)
- Kamayurá (Subgroup VII)
- Subgroup VIII: Anambé, Amanayé, Emerillon, Guaja, Wayampi, Zo'é, Takunyapé, Turiwára, Urubú-Kaapor
Two extinct languages, Aurá of Brazil and Pauserna of Bolivia, were not considered by Rodriguez.
See also
- Tupi people (Tupinambá)
- Guarani people
- Urubú-Kaapor Sign Language
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