Tupi–Guarani languages

Subfamily of the Tupian languages, indigenous to South AmericaTupi–GuaraniGeographicdistributionArgentina, Brazil, Bolivia, French Guiana, Paraguay, PeruLinguistic classificationTupianTupi–GuaraniSubdivisions Guarani Guarayu Tupi Teneteharan Kawahib Kamayurá Xingu Northern Language codesGlottologtupi1276Tupi–Guarani (medium pink), other Tupian (violet), and probable range c. 1500 (pink-grey) Tupi–Guarani (//tuːˈpiː ɡwɑˈrɑːni/ /ɡwɑˈɾɑ-//; Tupi-Guarani: [tuˈpi ɡwaɾaˈni]; pronunciationⓘ) is the most widely distributed subfamily of the Tupian languages of South America. It consists of about fifty languages, including Guarani and Old Tupi. The most widely spoken in modern times by far is Guarani, which is one of the two official languages of Paraguay. Classification Rodrigues & Cabral (2012) Rodrigues & Cabral (2012) propose eight branches of Tupí–Guaraní: Tupí–Guaraní Guaraní (Group I) Guarayu (Group II): Guarayu, Pauserna**, Sirionó (dialects: Yuqui, Jorá**) Tupí (Group III): Old Tupi (lingua franca dialect: Tupí Austral), Tupinambá (dialects: Nheengatu, a.k.a. Língua Geral as lingua franca, Cocama–Omagua* Tenetehara (Group IV): Akwáwa (di