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 (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Old Tupi canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10880228 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Old Tupi Context triple: [Tupian languages, includesLanguage, Old Tupi]
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A.
Tupi
Tupi is a municipality in the province of South Cotabato in the Philippines, known for its agricultural production and scenic views of Mount Matutum.
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B.
Tupiniquim
The Tupiniquim are an Indigenous people of Brazil traditionally inhabiting parts of the Atlantic coast, known from early colonial encounters and for their Tupi-Guarani language and culture.
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C.
Tupi peoples
The Tupi peoples are a group of Indigenous communities of Brazil known for their widespread pre-colonial presence along the Atlantic coast, distinct Tupi-Guarani languages, and significant influence on Brazilian culture and history.
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D.
Kaiwá Guaraní
Kaiwá Guaraní is an indigenous Guaraní language spoken primarily by the Kaiwá people in parts of Brazil and Paraguay, belonging to the Tupi–Guaraní language family.
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E.
Yuracaré
The Yuracaré are an Indigenous people of central Bolivia, traditionally inhabiting tropical lowland forests and maintaining a distinct language and culture closely tied to riverine and forest environments.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Old Tupi Target entity description: 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.
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A.
Tupi
Tupi is a municipality in the province of South Cotabato in the Philippines, known for its agricultural production and scenic views of Mount Matutum.
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B.
Tupiniquim
The Tupiniquim are an Indigenous people of Brazil traditionally inhabiting parts of the Atlantic coast, known from early colonial encounters and for their Tupi-Guarani language and culture.
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C.
Tupi peoples
The Tupi peoples are a group of Indigenous communities of Brazil known for their widespread pre-colonial presence along the Atlantic coast, distinct Tupi-Guarani languages, and significant influence on Brazilian culture and history.
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D.
Kaiwá Guaraní
Kaiwá Guaraní is an indigenous Guaraní language spoken primarily by the Kaiwá people in parts of Brazil and Paraguay, belonging to the Tupi–Guaraní language family.
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E.
Yuracaré
The Yuracaré are an Indigenous people of central Bolivia, traditionally inhabiting tropical lowland forests and maintaining a distinct language and culture closely tied to riverine and forest environments.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
extinct language
ⓘ
indigenous language ⓘ language ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Brazilian language (historical)
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Tupinambá language NERFINISHED ⓘ 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
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Língua Geral Paulista NERFINISHED ⓘ Nheengatu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
distinction between inclusive and exclusive first-person plural pronouns
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lack of grammatical gender ⓘ nasal harmony ⓘ postpositions instead of prepositions ⓘ rich verbal morphology ⓘ |
| hasNotableGrammar | Anchieta's grammar of Tupi GENERATED ⓘ |
| influenced |
Brazilian Portuguese vocabulary
ⓘ
Nheengatu NERFINISHED ⓘ ethnonyms in Brazil ⓘ toponymy of Brazil ⓘ |
| ISO639-3 | tpw ⓘ |
| languageBranch | Tupi–Guarani NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Tupian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| lexifierOf | Nheengatu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| memberOf | Tupian language family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| morphologicalType | agglutinative language ⓘ |
| primaryWordOrder | SOV ⓘ |
| region | Atlantic coast of Brazil ⓘ |
| replacedBy | Portuguese language in Brazil ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Brazil
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
coastal Brazil ⓘ |
| status | extinct ⓘ |
| subclassOf | Tupi–Guarani language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timeDepth | pre-Columbian period to 18th century ⓘ |
| usedAs |
lingua franca
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trade language ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Jesuit missionaries in Brazil
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Portuguese colonists in Brazil ⓘ indigenous peoples of coastal Brazil ⓘ |
| usedFor |
Christian missionary work
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colonial administration in parts of Brazil ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
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surface form:
Latin script
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How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Old Tupi Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.