Old Tupi

E890398

Old Tupi is an extinct indigenous language of coastal Brazil that served as a major lingua franca during the early colonial period and is a key member of the Tupian language family.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Old Tupi canonical 5
Ancient Tupi 1
Old Tupi language 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf extinct language
indigenous language
language
alsoKnownAs Brazilian language (historical)
Tupinambá language
linked to: Tupi language

língua brasílica
documentedBy Jesuit grammarians
documentedIn 16th century
17th century
eraOfProminence early colonial period of Brazil
extinctionPeriod 18th century
glottocode oldt1249
hasCulturalRole key component of early Brazilian colonial culture
source of many Brazilian place names and plant and animal names
hasDescendant Língua Geral Amazônica
linked to: Tupi language

Língua Geral Paulista
linked to: Tupi language

Nheengatu
hasFeature distinction between inclusive and exclusive first-person plural pronouns
lack of grammatical gender
nasal harmony
postpositions instead of prepositions
rich verbal morphology
hasNotableGrammar Anchieta's grammar of Tupi
influenced Brazilian Portuguese vocabulary
Nheengatu
ethnonyms in Brazil
toponymy of Brazil
ISO639-3 tpw
languageBranch Tupi–Guarani
linked to: Tupi–Guaraní
languageFamily Tupian
lexifierOf Nheengatu
memberOf Tupian language family
linked to: Tupian languages
morphologicalType agglutinative language
primaryWordOrder SOV
region Atlantic coast of Brazil
replacedBy Portuguese language in Brazil
spokenIn Brazil
coastal Brazil
status extinct
subclassOf Tupi–Guarani language
linked to: Tupi–Guaraní
timeDepth pre-Columbian period to 18th century
usedAs lingua franca
trade language
usedBy Jesuit missionaries in Brazil
Portuguese colonists in Brazil
indigenous peoples of coastal Brazil
usedFor Christian missionary work
colonial administration in parts of Brazil
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nheengatu derivedFrom Old Tupi
Tupi language hasPart Old Tupi
Tupi language hasAlternativeName Ancient Tupi
linked to: Old Tupi
Tupi language hasAlternativeName Old Tupi language
linked to: Old Tupi