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Tupi–Guarani () is the most widely distributed subfamily of the
Tupian languages The Tupi or Tupian language family comprises some 70 languages spoken in South America, of which the best known are Tupi proper and Guarani. Homeland and ''urheimat'' Rodrigues (2007) considers the Proto-Tupian urheimat to be somewhere betwee ...
of
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. It consists of about fifty languages, including Guarani and Old Tupi. The words ''
petunia ''Petunia'' is genus of 20 species of flowering plants of South American origin. The popular flower of the same name derived its epithet from the French, which took the word ''petun'', meaning "tobacco," from a Tupi–Guarani language. A tende ...
, jaguar, piranha,
ipecac Syrup of ipecac (), or simply ipecac, is a drug that was once widely used as an expectorant (in low doses) and a rapid-acting emetic (in higher doses). It is obtained from the dried rhizome and roots of the ipecacuanha plant ('' Carapichea ipec ...
,
tapioca Tapioca (; ) is a starch extracted from the storage roots of the cassava plant (''Manihot esculenta,'' also known as manioc), a species native to the North and Northeast regions of Brazil, but whose use is now spread throughout South America ...
, jacaranda, anhinga,
carioca Carioca ( or ) is a demonym used to refer to anything related to the City of Rio de Janeiro, in Brazil. The original meaning of the term is controversial, maybe from Tupi language "''kari' oka''", meaning "white house" as the whitewashed stone ...
'', and ''
capoeira Capoeira () is an Afro-Brazilian martial art that combines elements of dance, acrobatics, music and spirituality. Born of the melting pot of enslaved Africans, Indigenous Brazilians and Portuguese influences at the beginning of the 16th cent ...
'' are of Tupi–Guarani origin.


Classification


Rodrigues & Cabral (2012)

Rodrigues & Cabral (2012) propose eight branches of Tupí–Guaraní: *
Guaraní Guarani, Guaraní or Guarany may refer to Ethnography * Guaraní people, an indigenous people from South America's interior (Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay and Bolivia) * Guaraní language, or Paraguayan Guarani, an official language of Paraguay * ...
(Group I) * Guarayu (Group II): Guarayu,
Pauserna The Pauserna are an indigenous people in Bolivia and Brazil who live along the upper Río Guaporé. Most of them live in the southeastern part of the department of Beni, in Bolivia. The people derive their name from the fact that the pao cerne ...
**, Sirionó (dialects: Yuqui, Jorá**) * Tupí (Group III): Old Tupi (lingua franca dialect: Tupí Austral), Tupinambá (dialects: Nheengatu, Língua Geral as lingua franca, and Potiguára), CocamaOmagua*, Tupinikin** * Tenetehara (Group IV): Akwáwa (dialects: Asuriní, Suruí do Pará, Parakanã), Avá-Canoeiro, Tapirapé, Tenetehára (dialects:
Guajajara The Guajajara are an indigenous peoples of Brazil, indigenous people in the Brazilian state of Maranhão. They are one of the most numerous indigenous groups in Brazil, with an estimated 13,100 individuals living on indigenous land. History In ...
, Tembé), Turiwára * Kawahíb (Group VI): Apiacá, Kawahíb (numerous varieties; incl. Piripkúra, Diahói?), Kayabí, Karipúna, ? Uru-Pa-In *'' Kamayurá'' (Group VII) * Xingu (Group VIIIa): Anambé (of Cairarí), Amanayé, Xingú Asuriní, Araweté, Aurá, Ararandewara * Northern Tupi–Guaraní (Group VIIIb):
Anambé of Ehrenreich Anambe or Anambé may refer to: * Anambé people, an ethnic group of Brazil * Anambé language, a language of Pará, Brazil * Anambé of Ehrenreich, an extinct language of Maranhão, Brazil See also

* Amambai {{Disambiguation Language and na ...
, Emerillon, Guajá,
Wayampi The Wayampi or Wayãpi are an indigenous people located in the south-eastern border area of French Guiana at the confluence of the rivers Camopi and Oyapock, and the basins of the Amapari and Carapanatuba Rivers in the central part of the state ...
, Zo'é, Takunyapé, Urubú–Kaapor, Wayampipukú *Cabral argues that Kokama/Omagua is a
mixed language A mixed language is a language that arises among a bilingual group combining aspects of two or more languages but not clearly deriving primarily from any single language. It differs from a creole or pidgin language in that, whereas creoles/pidgin ...
, and so not directly classifiable, though most of its basic vocabulary is Tupi–Guarani. **Not listed in Rodrigues & Cabral (2012) Karipuna language (Amapá) may be spurious. Sound changes from Proto-Tupi-Guarani (PTG) defining each of the 8 Tupi-Guarani groups as listed by Rodrigues & Cabral (2002):Rodrigues, A. D.; Cabral, A. S. A. C. Revendo a classificação interna da família Tupí-Guaraní. In: CABRAL, A. S. A. C., RODRIGUES, A. D. (Orgs.). ''Línguas indígenas brasileiras: fonologia, gramática e história''. Tomo I. Belém: UFPA/EDUFPA, p. 327-337, 2002. :


Michael, et al. (2015)

Michael, et al. (2015) propose the following classification for the Tupi-Guarani languages. ;Tupí-Guaraní * Kamaiurá (600 speakers) *Nuclear Tupí-Guaraní ** Northern *** Guajá (280 speakers) *** Ka'ápor (800 speakers) *** Avá-Canoeiro (14 speakers) ** Central ***(branch) **** Anambé, Araweté (Anambé 6 speakers, Araweté 280 speakers) **** Xingú Asurini (120 speakers) ***(branch) **** Tocantins Asuriní, Parakanã (700-1,500 speakers) **** Tapirapé (560 speakers) **Peripheral ***
Wayampi The Wayampi or Wayãpi are an indigenous people located in the south-eastern border area of French Guiana at the confluence of the rivers Camopi and Oyapock, and the basins of the Amapari and Carapanatuba Rivers in the central part of the state ...
, Emerillon (Wayampi 1,200 speakers, Emerillon 400 speakers) *** Kayabí, Parintintin (Kayabí 1,000 speakers, Kagwahiva 870 speakers) ***Diasporic **** Tembé (13,000 speakers) ****(Diasporic core branch) ***** Tupi ****** Omagua, Kokama (Omagua 10 speakers, Cocama 250 speakers) ****** Tupinambá (Nheengatu 19,000 speakers) *****Southern ****** Sirionó, Yuki (500 speakers) ****** Guarayu,
Pauserna The Pauserna are an indigenous people in Bolivia and Brazil who live along the upper Río Guaporé. Most of them live in the southeastern part of the department of Beni, in Bolivia. The people derive their name from the fact that the pao cerne ...
† (Guarayu 5,900 speakers) ****** Guaranian ******* Aché (910 speakers) ******* Mbyá ******* Paraguay Guaraní (4.85 million speakers) *******(branch) ******** Xetá †, Kaiowá, Ñandeva (Kaiwá 18,000 speakers, Ava Guarani 16,000 speakers) ******** Tapiete, Chiriguano (Chiriguano 51,000 speakers) O'Hagan et al. (2014, 2019) proposes that Proto-Tupi-Guarani was spoken in the region of the lower Tocantins and
Xingu River The Xingu River ( ; pt, Rio Xingu, ; Mẽbêngôkre: ''Byti'', ) is a river in north Brazil. It is a southeast tributary of the Amazon River and one of the largest clearwater rivers in the Amazon basin, accounting for about 5% of its water. ...
s, just to the south of Marajó Island in eastern
Pará Pará is a state of Brazil, located in northern Brazil and traversed by the lower Amazon River. It borders the Brazilian states of Amapá, Maranhão, Tocantins, Mato Grosso, Amazonas and Roraima. To the northwest are the borders of Guyana ...
State, Brazil. Proto-Omagua-Kokama then expanded up the Amazon River, Proto- Tupinambá expanded south along the Atlantic coast, and the Southern branch expanded up along the Tocantins/ Araguaia River towards the Paraná River basin.


Jolkesky (2016)

Below is an internal classification of Tupi-Guarani by Jolkesky (2016), which is largely based on Michael, et al. (2015):Jolkesky, Marcelo Pinho De Valhery. 2016.
Estudo arqueo-ecolinguístico das terras tropicais sul-americanas
'. Ph.D. dissertation, University of Brasília.
(† = extinct) ;Tupi-Guarani branch *Kamayura: '' Kamayura'' *Kaapor-Ava **Ava-Canoeiro: '' Ava-Canoeiro'' ** Kaapor: '' Anambe'' †; '' Aura''; '' Guaja''; '' Takuñape'' †; '' Urubu-Kaapor'' * Akwawa-Arawete **Akwawa-Tapirape ***Akwawa: '' Asurini do Tocantins''; '' Parakanã''; '' Surui'' (Tupi-Guarani) ***Tapirape: '' Tapirape'' **Arawete-Asurini ***Arawete: '' Amanaye'' †; '' Anambe''; '' Ararandewara'' †; '' Arawete'' ***Asurini do Xingu: '' Asurini do Xingu'' *Nuclear Tupi-Guarani ** Tenetehara: ''
Guajajara The Guajajara are an indigenous peoples of Brazil, indigenous people in the Brazilian state of Maranhão. They are one of the most numerous indigenous groups in Brazil, with an estimated 13,100 individuals living on indigenous land. History In ...
''; '' Tembe''; '' Turiwara'' † ** Kawahib-Kayabi ***Apiaka: '' Apiaka'' ***Juma: '' Juma'' ***Kayabi: '' Kayabi'' ***Kawahib: ''
Amondawa The Uru-Eu-Wau-Wau are an indigenous people of Brazil,''Las ...
''; '' Karipuna'' (Tupi); '' Parintintin''; '' Piripkura''; '' Tukumanfed'' †; '' Uruewauwau''; '' Wirafed'' **Diasporic Tupi-Guarani ***Guarani-Guarayu-Siriono **** Guarayu: '' Guarayu''; ''
Pauserna The Pauserna are an indigenous people in Bolivia and Brazil who live along the upper Río Guaporé. Most of them live in the southeastern part of the department of Beni, in Bolivia. The people derive their name from the fact that the pao cerne ...
'' ****Siriono: '' Siriono''; '' Jora'' †; '' Yuki'' **** Guarani *****Ache: ''
Ache Ache or Aches may refer to: Ethnography * Aché, an indigenous people of eastern Paraguay * Aché language, the language of the Aché people * Ache language (China) * Aṣẹ (Cuban spelling: ''aché''), a concept in Orisha belief People * Ach ...
'' *****Guarani: '' Guarani, Classical'' †; '' Chiriguano''; '' Chiripa'' *****Central: '' Guarani Paraguaio'' *****Western: '' Guarani Boliviano''; '' Tapiete'' *****Eastern: '' Kayowa''; '' Mbya''; '' Ñandeva''; '' Pai Tavytera''; '' Sheta'' *** Tupinamba-Kokama ****Kokama-Omagua: '' Kokama''; '' Kokamilla''; '' Omagua'' ****Tupi: '' Tupi'' †; '' Tupi Austral'' † ****Tupinamba: ''
Nhengatu The Nheengatu language (Tupi: , nheengatu rionegrino: ''yẽgatu'', nheengatu tradicional: ''nhẽẽgatú'' e nheengatu tapajoawara: ''nheẽgatu''), often written Nhengatu, is an indigenous language of the Tupi–Guarani languages, Tupi-Guaran ...
''; '' Tupinamba'' † ****Wayampi: '' Emerillon''; ''
Wayampi The Wayampi or Wayãpi are an indigenous people located in the south-eastern border area of French Guiana at the confluence of the rivers Camopi and Oyapock, and the basins of the Amapari and Carapanatuba Rivers in the central part of the state ...
''; '' Zo'e''


Ferraz and Reichert (2021)

The following is an approximation of the results of a computational phylogenetic study of the Tupí-Guaraní languages by Ferraz and Reichert (2021). ;Tupí-Guaraní *Guajá–Tenetehara **Guajá; Tembé, Guajajara *Guaraní **Warazu **Xetá **Guayaki; Tapiete, Chiriguano **Guaraní; Kaiowá, Mbyá **Guarayo; Sirionó, Yuki *Tupi **Tupinambá; Nheengatu, Ka'apor (Urubu-Kaapor) *Northern **Kamayura; Anambé, Araweté **Avá–Wayampí? ***Avá-Canoeiro ***Wayampí Jarí; Emerillon, Wayampí *Central **Asurini Xingu **Akwawa–Tapirapé ***Apiaká; Suruí; Tapirapé; Parakanã, Asurini **Kawahib ***Kayabi ***Parintintin, Tenharim ***Amondava, Urueuwauwau


Varieties

Below is a list of Tupi–Guarani language varieties listed by Loukotka (1968), including names of unattested varieties. ;Tupi (Abañeénga) dialects *Tamoyo - once spoken from the Cabo de São Tomé to Angra dos Reis, state of Rio de Janeiro. (Unattested.) *Ararape - once spoken on the
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in the state of Rio de Janeiro. (Unattested.) *Temimino - once spoken on the coast of the state of Espirito Santo. (Unattested.) *Tupiniquin / Margaya - once spoken on the coast from Espirito Santo as far as Camamu, state of Bahia. *Tupinamba - formerly spoken on the coast from Camamu as far as the mouth of the São Francisco River, later on the coast in the state of Maranhão. *Tupina - once spoken in the interior of the state of Bahia. (Unattested.) *Caeté / Caité - once spoken on the coast from the mouth of the São Francisco River to the mouth of the Paraíba do Norte River. (Unattested.) *Amoipira / Anaupira - once spoken in the interior of the state of Bahia, from Cabrobó to the mouth of the Grande River. (Unattested.) *Abaete - once spoken in Bahia on the Abaeté River. (Unattested.) *Maromomi - dialect spoken at the old mission of São Barnabé,
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. (Unattested.) *Potiguara / Petigare - dialect once spoken on the coast from the mouth of the Paraíba do Norte River to the mouth of the Parnaiba River, now spoken by a few families in the Baía da Traição, state of Paraíba. *Viatan - once spoken in the interior of the states of
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, but the exact location not recorded. (Unattested.) *Tobajara / Miarigois - once spoken in the interior of the state of Ceará on the Camocim River. (Unattested.) *Cahicahi / Caicaze / Caicai - once spoken on the lower course of the Itapecurú River, state of Maranhão. (Unattested.) *Jaguaribára - once spoken at the mouth of the Jaguaribare River, state of Ceará. (Unattested.) *Tupinambarana - once spoken on the island of the same name on the Amazon River. (Unattested.) *Nhengahiba / Ingahiva - once spoken in the southern part of Marajó Island, Pará. (Unattested.) *Nheéngatu / Niangatú / Lingua Geral - a language spoken by the mixed population on both banks of the Amazon River and in the past century used in intertribal and commercial relations. ;Guarani (Karani, Abañéem) dialects *Chandri / Yarri - once spoken on the Martín García Island and in the Martín Chico region, Argentina, and on the coast near San Lázaro, Paraguay. (Unattested.) *Topare - once spoken near San Gabriel, Uruguay. (Unattested.) *Cariú / Carijó - once spoken in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, from
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to Antonina, state of Paraná and in the
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. *Arachane / Arechane - once spoken around the Lagoa dos Patos, Rio Grande do Sul. (Unattested.) *Itatin - originally spoken south of the Apa River, Paraguay, now by a few families on the
Brilhante River The Brilhante River is a river of Mato Grosso do Sul state in southwestern Brazil. See also *List of rivers of Mato Grosso do Sul List of rivers in Mato Grosso do Sul (Brazilian State). The list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tr ...
, state of Mato Grosso, Brazil. (Unattested.) *Bituruna - once spoken on the São Antonio River, Peixe River, and
Chopim River The Chopim River is a river of Paraná state in southern Brazil. See also *List of rivers of Paraná A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to: People * List (surname) Organizations * List College, an und ...
in the state of Paraná, Brazil. (Unattested.) *Tape - extinct dialect from the Serra Geral, state of Rio Grande do Sul (Unattested.) *Apapocúva - originally spoken on the Dourados River and Amambaí River, state of Mato Grosso, later on the Itaparé River, state of São Paulo, now extinct. *Tañyguá - originally spoken on the Dourados River, Mato Grosso, later on the Aguapeí River, state of São Paulo, now extinct. (Unattested.) *Oguaíva - originally spoken in Mato Grosso, later on the Paranapanema River, state of São Paulo. (Unattested.) *Kainguá / Painguá / Montese - language affined to Guaraní, spoken on the Jejuy River, Paraguay, and on the Aracaí River and Igatimí River, state of Paraná. Dialects are: **Baticola - once spoken in the Serra Amambaí, state of Mato Grosso. (Unattested.) **Paiguasú - spoken on the Curupaiña River, Mato Grosso. (Unattested.) **Avahuguai - spoken on the Dourados River, Mato Grosso. (Unattested.) **Yvytyiguá - spoken in the Serra do Diabo, Mato Grosso. (Unattested.) **Apiteré - spoken between the São Joaquim River and Amambaí River, Mato Grosso. (Unattested.) **Tembecua - spoken by the neighbors of the Ivitiigúa (Yvytyigua) tribe. **Chiripá - spoken on the
Acaray River The Acaray River ( Guarani Akaray) is a river in eastern Paraguay. It is born in the Cordillera de Caaguazú, and is joined by the Yguazú and Itakyry rivers later on. The river flows through the Caaguazú and Alto Paraná Departments, and joins ...
, Paraguay; and at the mouth of the Iguasú River, Argentina. **Mbyhá / Jeguaká Tenondé / Bwihá / Caiua / Cahygua - spoken on the Monday River, Paraguay. *Canoiero / Aba / Tiäbezä - spoken on both banks of the Tocantins River, in the central part of
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and at the mouth of the Crixás River and Peixe River, state of Goiás. ;Guaranized languages *Shetá / Aré / Yvaparé - once spoken in the interior of the state of Paraná on the Ivaí River, now extinct. *Serra dos Dourados (tribe with unknown name) - in the Serra dos Dourados, state of Paraná. *Guayaquí / Acé - spoken by a tribe in the Cordillera de Villa Rica, Paraguay. *Notobotocudo / Pihtadyouai - language of an extinct tribe that lived at the sources of the Uruguai River and Iguasú River, state of Santa Catarina. ;Kamayurá group *Kamayurá / Camayura - spoken by a small tribe on the Ferro River in the Xingú basin, state of Mato Grosso. *Awití / Auetö / Aweti - spoken in the same region on the Culiseú River, Mato Grosso. *Arawiné - little known language from the 7 de setembro River, state of Mato Grosso. ;Tapirapé group *Tapirapé - spoken on the Tapirapé River and Naja River, Mato Grosso. *Ampaneá - extinct language once spoken at the sources of the Tapirapé River, state of Mato Grosso. (Unattested.) ;Northern group *Tenetehara - language with two dialects: **Guajajára - originally spoken at the sources of the Itapecurú River and Mearim River, now on the Grajaú River and Pindaré River, state of Maranhão. **Tembé - originally spoken on the upper course of the Pindaré River, now on the Capiro River and Acará Pequeno River, state of Maranhão. *Guajá / Guaxara / Wazaizara / Ayaya - spoken between the Capim River and the lower course of the Gurupí River, Maranhão. *Manajé / Ararandeuára - spoken at the sources of the Bujarú River and on the Mojú River and Ararandéua River, state of Maranhão. *Manoxo / Amanaye - extinct language once spoken on the lower course of the Mearim River near São Bento, Maranhão. (Unattested.) *Turiwára / Turiguara - spoken originally on the Turi River, now on the Acará Grande River. *Kaapor / Urubú / Gavião - spoken by the tribe of beautiful feather workers who lived on the
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, Guama River, and Turiassú River, Maranhão. *Pocheti - once spoken on the Araguaia River and Mojú River. (Unattested.) ;Pará group *Camboca - extinct language once spoken between the mouths of the Tocantins River and Jacundá River. (Unattested.) *Apehou - once spoken at the mouth of the Xingú River. (Unattested.) *Aratú - once spoken at the mouth of the Curuá River. (Unattested.) *Mapua - once spoken on Marajó Island on the Mapuá River. (Unattested.) *Anajá - once spoken on Marajó Island on the Anajás River. (Unattested.) *Camarapim - once spoken at the mouth of the Pacajá River. (Unattested.) *Uanapú - once spoken on the Anapú River. (Unattested.) *Coaní - once spoken at the mouth of the Xingú River. (Unattested.) *Mamayaná - once spoken to the south of the mouth of the Anapú River. (Unattested.) *Pacajá - once spoken between the Pacajá River and Anapú River. *Jacunda - once spoken on the Jacundá River. (Villa Real 1848, p. 432, only two words.) *Parakanã - spoken between the Tocantins River and Pacajá River by an almost unknown tribe. *Anambé - once spoken on the left bank of the Tocantins River near Rebojo de Guariba, now extinct. *Caranbú - spoken by the unknown neighbors of the Anambé tribe. (Unattested.) *Tapirauha / Cupelobo / Kupẽ-rob / Jandiaí - spoken by only a few individuals on the Igarapé do Bacurí and west of the Cachoeira de Itaboca. *Anta - once spoken by the neighbors of the Tapirauha tribe. (Unattested.) *Tacayuna - once spoken on the Tacaiuna River. (Unattested.) *Asurini - spoken by the totally unknown tribe that lived between the upper course of the Xingú River, and the Freso River and Pacajá River. (Unattested.) *Mudzyetíre - a Cayapó name for an unknown Tupi tribe that lived on the Igarapé Sororosinho. (Unattested.) *Tacuñapé / Eidum / Péua - extinct language once spoken on the Iriri River and Novo River. (only a few words.) *Tacumandícai / Caras Pretas - language of a very little known tribe that lived on the lower course of the Xingú River. *Jauari - extinct language once spoken on the Vermelho River and Araguaia River. (Unattested.) *Zapucaya - once spoken between the Amazon and Paraná do Urariá Rivers. (Unattested.) *Tapajó - once spoken at the mouth of the Tapajós River (cf. Amazonas group). (Unattested.) *Auacachi - once spoken at the mouth of the Auacachi River. (Unattested.) *Papateruana - once spoken in a part of Tupinambarana Island on the Amazon River. (Unattested.) ;Guiana group *Oyampi / Wayapí / Guayapi - originally spoken on the lower course of the Xingú River, later on the Oiapoque River in the territory of Amapá, in French Guiana, now on the Maroni River. *Tamacom - extinct language once spoken on the middle course of the
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and at the sources of the Maracá River, Pará. (Unattested.) *Cusari / Coussani - once spoken on the upper course of the Araguarí River, territory of Amapá. (Unattested.) *Paikipiranga / Parixi - spoken at the sources of the Maracá River, Pará. *Calayua - once spoken at the sources of the Inipucú River, Pará. (Unattested.) *Apama - spoken by a few individuals on the Maecurú River, Pará. (Unattested.) *Emerillon / Teko / Emereñon / Marêyo - spoken by only a few families on the Approuague River, Camopi River, Inini River, Coureni River, and Araoua River, French Guiana. *Caripuna / Calipurn - language spoken on the Curipi River, Pará, by the mixed population of diverse origin. (Unattested.) ;Southern group *Apiacá - originally spoken between the Arinos River and Juruena River, now on the São Manoel River and Ronuro River, and on the upper course of the Tapajós River, Mato Grosso. *Tapañuna - language of a very little known tribe that lived between the Tapanhuna River and Peixe River, state of Mato Grosso. (Unattested.) *Timaóna - language of an unknown tribe from the Peixe River. (Unattested.) *Raipé-Sisi / Aipé-Chichi - once spoken between the Arinos River and São Manoel River. (Unattested.) *Makirí - spoken at the mouth of the São Manoel River. *Pariuaia - spoken at the sources of the Barati River. (Unattested.) *Kayabí / Parua - spoken on the lower course of the
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and on the Paranatina River. *Kawahyb / Cabahyba / Kawahíwa - originally spoken in the tropical forests west of the upper course of the Tocantins River, later on the Ji-Paraná River and
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, Pará. *Dialects: *Parintintin / Nakazetí / Itoehebe - spoken between the
Madeira River The Madeira River ( pt, Rio Madeira, link=no ) is a major waterway in South America. It is estimated to be in length, while the Madeira-Mamoré is estimated near or in length depending on the measuring party and their methods. The Madeira is ...
and Maiçí River, Pará. *Wiraféd / Tupi do rio Machado - spoken on the Machado River. *Pauaté - once spoken at the sources of the Zinho River. (Unattested.) *Paranawát - spoken at the mouth of the Muqui River. (Unattested.) *Mialat - spoken on the middle course of the Machado River. (Unattested.) *Takwatíp / Tacuatepe - spoken at the confluence of the Ji-Paraná River and Pimenta Bueno River. *Tukumaféd - spoken on the middle course of the Machado River. (Unattested.) *Ipoteuate - spoken on the Ji-Paraná River. (Unattested.) *Apairandé - spoken between the Ji-Paraná River and Maiçí River. (Unattested.) *Jabotiféd - spoken on a tributary of the Machado River, east of the Ipoteuate tribe. (Unattested.) *Dawahib / Bocas Pretas - spoken on the Anarí River, Rondônia. *Jaguarúb - spoken south of the Paranawát tribe. (Unattested.) *Hamno - spoken in the same region as Jaguarúb. (Unattested.) *Sanenäre - spoken in the same region as Jaguarúb, but exact location uncertain. (Unattested.) *Majubim - spoken at the confluence of the Pimenta Bueno River and Ji-Paraná River. (Unattested.) *Catuquinarú - language of a Tupinized Katukina tribe, spoken on the Embira River, Amazonas. ;Amazonas group *Omagua / Campeua / Carari - originally spoken along the Amazon River between the mouth of the
Juruá River The Juruá River (Portuguese ''Rio Juruá''; Spanish ''Río Yuruá'') is a southern affluent river of the Amazon River west of the Purus River, sharing with this the bottom of the immense inland Amazon depression, and having all the characteristic ...
and the mouth of the Napo River, now in only a few villages. *Yurimagua / Yoriman - once spoken along the Amazon River from the mouth of the Jutaí River to the mouth, of the
Purus River The Purus River (Portuguese: ''Rio Purus''; Spanish: ''Río Purús'') is a tributary of the Amazon River in South America. Its drainage basin is , and the mean annual discharge is . The river shares its name with the Alto Purús National Park and ...
, now spoken by only a few of the mixed population in the city of Yurimaguas, Peru. (Unattested.) *Aizuare - once spoken from the mouth of the
Juruá River The Juruá River (Portuguese ''Rio Juruá''; Spanish ''Río Yuruá'') is a southern affluent river of the Amazon River west of the Purus River, sharing with this the bottom of the immense inland Amazon depression, and having all the characteristic ...
to the mouth of the Japura River. (Unattested.) *Ibanoma / Bonama - spoken on the right bank of the Amazon River from the mouth of the
Purus River The Purus River (Portuguese: ''Rio Purus''; Spanish: ''Río Purús'') is a tributary of the Amazon River in South America. Its drainage basin is , and the mean annual discharge is . The river shares its name with the Alto Purús National Park and ...
to the mouth of the
Juruá River The Juruá River (Portuguese ''Rio Juruá''; Spanish ''Río Yuruá'') is a southern affluent river of the Amazon River west of the Purus River, sharing with this the bottom of the immense inland Amazon depression, and having all the characteristic ...
; now totally extinct. (Unattested.) *Tapajó - once spoken at the mouth of the Tapajós River (cf. Pará group). (Unattested.) *Awakachi - once spoken at the mouth of the Auacachi River. (Unattested.) *Papateruana - once spoken in a part of the Tupinambarana Island on the Amazon River. (Unattested.) *Paguana - once spoken along the Amazon River from the mouth of the Cafua River to the mouth of the
Tefé River The Tefé River (Teffé River in early accounts; pt, Rio Tefé) is a tributary of the Amazon River ( Solimões section) in Amazonas state in north-western Brazil. The Tefé River flows through the Juruá-Purus moist forests ecoregion. It forms ...
. (Unattested.) *Cocama - language spoken on a great lagoon on the left bank of the Ucayali River and near the city of Nauta, Peru. *Cocamilla - spoken on the lower course of the
Huallaga River The Huallaga River is a tributary of the Marañón River, part of the Amazon Basin. Old names for this river include ''Guallaga'' and ''Rio de los Motilones''. The Huallaga is born on the slopes of the Andes in central Peru and joins the Marañón ...
, Peru. (Tessmann 1930, p. 82.) *Yeté - once spoken on the Tiputini River, Loreto province, Peru. (Unattested.) *Jibitaona - once spoken near the city of Santiago de las Montañas, Peru. (Unattested.) ;Chiriguano group *Chiriguano / Camba - spoken in the Bolivian Andes in the Serranía de Aguarugue and in the western part of the Bolivian Chaco, in Sara Province and on the upper course of the
Bermejo River The Bermejo River (Spanish, Río Bermejo) is a river in South America that flows from Bolivia to the Paraguay River in Argentina. The river is generally called Bermejo in spite of its different names along its way, but it also has its own Nativ ...
. Now only in the Carandaiti Valley and around
Tarabuco Tarabuco is a Bolivian town in the department of Chuquisaca, capital of the Yamparáez Province and its first section, Tarabuco Municipality. It is best known as the home of the Yampara culture. Its people host the Pujllay festival in March each ...
. *Guarayo - spoken at the sources of the Blanco River and on the San Miguel River, now in the missions of Yotaú, San Pablo, and
Yaguarú Yaguarú is a small town in Bolivia. The town's name means "wolf", in Guaraní language, Guarani. References

Populated places in Santa Cruz Department (Bolivia) {{SantaCruzBO-geo-stub ...
, province of Santa Cruz, Bolivia. *Pauserna / Moperecoa / Warádu-nëe - originally spoken on the Paragúa River and Tarbo River, Bolivia, now by only a few individuals on the
Verde River The Verde River ( Yavapai: Haka'he:la) is a major tributary of the Salt River in the U.S. state of Arizona. It is about long and carries a mean flow of at its mouth. It is one of the largest perennial streams in Arizona. Description The ...
, a tributary of the
Guaporé River Guaporé River ( pt, Rio Guaporé, es, Río Iténez) is a river in western Brazil and northeastern Bolivia. It is long; of the river forms the border between Brazil and Bolivia. The Guaporé River is part of the Madeira River basin, which eve ...
, Mato Grosso. *Tapieté / Kurukwá / Yanaygua / Parapiti - spoken on the upper course of the Pilcomayo River and on the Parapití River, Paraguayan Chaco *Izozo / Chané - spoken on the
Itiyuro River The Itiyuro River is a river of Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the List of South ...
in the Campo y Durán and on the Parepetí River, Chaco. *Siriono / Chori - language of a very primitive tribe in central Bolivia, especially in the tropical forests on the Ichillo River and Grande River, between the Blanco River and Yapacaní River, between the Ivari River and Quimore River, between the upper course of the Ivari River and Grande River, between the Piray River and Itonama River, and between the
Beni River The Beni River ( es, Río Beni) is a river in the north of Bolivia. It rises north of La Paz and flows northeast. The Madre de Dios River is where its mouth is at. In the upper portion of its course it flows through highland forest and rainforest ...
and Mamoré River. *Dialects: *Tirinié - spoken on the Mamoré River. *Ñeozé - spoken on the Grande River and Mamoré River. *Yandé - spoken on the Mamoré River. (Unattested.) *Jora - once spoken around the Laguna Jorá near the city of Baures. ;Mawé group *Mawé / Mauhé / Mague - originally spoken on the Tapajós Mataura River, Maué-assú River, Arapiuns River, Arichi River, and Tracuá River, in the state of Pará, now on the Uaicurapá River. *Arapiyú / Aripuana - once spoken at the mouth of the Arapiuns River. (Unattested.) *Andirá - once spoken south of Tupinambarana Island on the Amazon River. (Unattested.) *Igapuitariara - once spoken at the sources of the Curauaí River. (Unattested.) *Curiato - once spoken at the mouth of the Maricauá River. (Unattested.) *Sapupé / Sacopé - once spoken on the Bararatí River. (Unattested.) *Maraguá - extinct language once spoken on the right bank of the Amazon River, south of the Condurí tribe. (Unattested.)


Proto-language


Schleicher (1998)

The following reconstructions of Proto-Tupi-Guarani are from Schleicher (1998):


Lemle (1971)

The following reconstructions of Proto-Tupi-Guarani are from Lemle (1971):Lemle, Miriam. 1971. Internal classification of the Tupi-Guarani linguistic family. In David Bendor-Samuel (ed.), ''Tupi studies I'', 107-129. Norman: Summer Institute of Linguistics of the University of Oklahoma.


See also

* Tupí people (Tupinambá) * Guaraní people * Urubú–Kaapor Sign Language


References


Bibliography

*Michael, Lev, Natalia Chousou-Polydouri, Keith Bartolomei, Erin Donnelly, Vivian Wauters, Sérgio Meira, Zachary O'Hagan. 2015
A Bayesian Phylogenetic Classification of Tupí-Guaraní
''LIAMES'' 15(2):193-221. *O'Hagan, Zachary, Natalia Chousou-Polydouri, Lev Michael. 2019
Phylogenetic classification supports a Northeastern Amazonian Proto-Tupí-Guaraní homeland
''LIAMES'', Campinas, SP, v. 19, 1-29, e019018, 2019. . *


Further reading

* Gerardi, Fabrício Ferraz; Reichert, Stanislav. "The Tupí-Guaraní language family: A phylogenetic classification". In: ''Diachronica''. Available online: 01 February 2021. OI: https://doi.org/10.1075/dia.18032.fer


External links


Swadesh lists of Tupi–Guarani basic vocabulary words
(from Wiktionary'
Swadesh-list appendix


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