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Tupi (other)
Tupi may refer to: * Tupi people of Brazil * Tupi or Tupian languages, spoken in South America ** Tupi language, an extinct Tupian language spoken by the Tupi people * Tupi oil field off the coast of Brazil * Tupi Paulista, a Brazilian municipality * Tupi, South Cotabato, a Philippine municipality ** Tupi National High School * Tupi class, a Brazilian Navy version of the Type 209 submarine ** ''Tupi'' (submarine), the lead submarine of the class, commissioned in 1989 * Tupi Football Club, a Brazilian football (soccer) club * Brazil national rugby union team, nicknamed Os Tupis * Rede Tupi, the first Brazilian TV network (1950–1980) *The tupi blackberry, a Mexican hybrid of the Comanche and Uruguai varieties * Tupi (software), free and open source 2D animation software * Tupí fermented cheese See also * Tupiniquim, an Amerindian tribe who live in Brazil * Tupy (other) Tupy may refer to: * Tupy, a cultivar of blackberry * Tupy Futebol Clube, a Brazilian footba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tupi People
A subdivision of the Tupi-Guarani linguistic families, the Tupi people were one of the largest groups of indigenous Brazilians before its colonization. Scholars believe that while they first settled in the Amazon rainforest, from about 2,900 years ago the Tupi started to migrate southward and gradually occupied the Atlantic coast of Southeast Brazil. Many Tupi people today are merged with the Guaraní people, forming the Tupi–Guarani languages. Guarani languages are linguistically different from the Tupian languages. History The Tupi people inhabited almost all of Brazil's coast when the Portuguese first arrived there. In 1500, their population was estimated at 1 million people, nearly equal to the population of Portugal at the time. They were divided into tribes, each tribe numbering from 300 to 2,000 people. Some examples of these tribes are: ''Tupiniquim'', '' Tupinambá'', ''Potiguara'', ''Tabajara'', '' Caetés'', ''Temiminó'', ''Tamoios''. The Tupi were adept agricu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
