The Northern Tupi–Guarani languages (also known as Tupi–Guarani VIII) are a subgroup of the
Tupi–Guarani language family.
[Dietrich, Wolf. O tronco tupi e as suas famílias de línguas. Classificação e esboço tipológico. In: NOLL, Volker. ''O Português e o Tupi no Brasil''. São Paulo: Editora Contexto, 2010.]
Along with the
Timbira
Timbira refers to a number of related ethnolinguistic groups of Timbira-speaking Gê peoples native to Northern and Northeastern Brazil. Among those peoples grouped under the name are the Apanyekrá, Apinajé, Kanela, Gavião (Jê), Krahô ...
and
Tenetehara languages, the Northern Tupi–Guarani languages form part of the lower
Tocantins
Tocantins () is one of the 26 states of Brazil. It is the newest state, formed in 1988 and encompassing what had formerly been the northern two-fifths of the state of Goiás. Tocantins covers and had an estimated population of 1,496,880 in 2014 ...
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Mearim linguistic area.
[Cabral, Ana Suelly Arruda Câmara; Beatriz Carreta Corrêa da Silva; Maria Risolta Silva Julião; Marina Maria Silva Magalhães. 2007. Linguistic diffusion in the Tocantins-Mearim area. In: Ana Suelly Arruda Câmara Cabral; Aryon Dall’Igna Rodrigues (ed.), ''Línguas e culturas Tupi'', p. 357–374. Campinas: Curt Nimuendaju; Brasília: LALI.]
Languages
The Northern Tupi–Guarani languages are:
[Rodrigues, Aryon Dall'Igna, and Ana Suelly Arruda Câmara Cabral (2012). "Tupían". In Campbell, Lyle, and Verónica Grondona (eds)]
''The indigenous languages of South America: a comprehensive guide''
Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton.
*
Anambé of Ehrenreich Anambe or Anambé may refer to:
* Anambé people, an ethnic group of Brazil
* Anambé language
Anambé, or more specifically Anambe of Cairari, is a possibly extinct Tupi language spoken in Pará, on the Cairari River in Brazil
Brazil, ...
*
Emerillon
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Guajá
*
Wayampi
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 states ...
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Zo'é
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Takunyapé
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Urubú–Kaapor
*
Wayampipukú
References
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