Tupian languages

GPTKB entity

Statements (104)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf language family
gptkbp:branch gptkb:Arikém
gptkb:Awetï
gptkb:Juruna
gptkb:Mawé
gptkb:Mundurukú
gptkb:Puruborá
gptkb:Ramarama
gptkb:Tuparí
gptkb:Tupi–Guarani
gptkbp:extinct gptkb:Anambé
gptkb:Apiaká
gptkb:Arikém
gptkb:Kawahib
gptkb:Omagua
gptkb:Puruborá
gptkb:Ramarama
gptkb:Tuparí
gptkb:Tupinambá
gptkbp:firstDescribed gptkb:Alfred_Métraux
gptkb:Curt_Nimuendajú
gptkb:Johann_Natterer
gptkbp:hasResearchCenter gptkb:Ana_Suelly_Arruda_Câmara_Cabral
gptkb:Aryon_Dall'Igna_Rodrigues
gptkb:Diana_Borges_Roberts
gptkb:Eduardo_Navarro
gptkb:Hein_van_der_Voort
gptkb:Lucy_Seki
gptkb:Wolf_Dietrich
gptkbp:historicalSignificance Tupinambá was a lingua franca in colonial Brazil
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Tupian languages
gptkbp:ISO639-3 tup
gptkbp:language about 70
gptkbp:languageFamily Glottocode: tupi1276
gptkbp:linguisticClassification American indigenous languages
gptkbp:mostSpokenLanguage gptkb:Guarani
gptkb:Nheengatu
gptkb:Tupinambá
gptkbp:notableFeature agglutinative morphology
complex verb morphology
lack of grammatical gender
use of reduplication
active–stative alignment (in some languages)
nasal harmony
noun incorporation (in some languages)
rich system of personal pronouns
use of evidentiality (in some languages)
use of postpositions
verb-final word order (in some branches)
gptkbp:notableLanguage gptkb:Guarani
gptkb:Awetï
gptkb:Mawé
gptkb:Mundurukú
gptkb:Nheengatu
gptkb:Tupinambá
gptkbp:region gptkb:Amapá
gptkb:Rio_Grande_do_Sul
gptkb:Rio_de_Janeiro
gptkb:São_Paulo
gptkb:Minas_Gerais
gptkb:Piauí
gptkb:Roraima
gptkb:Acre
gptkb:Ceará
gptkb:Rio_Grande_do_Norte
gptkb:Bahia
gptkb:Alagoas
gptkb:Amazonas
gptkb:Espírito_Santo
gptkb:Goiás
gptkb:Maranhão
gptkb:Mato_Grosso
gptkb:Pará
gptkb:Paraná
gptkb:Pernambuco
gptkb:Santa_Catarina
gptkb:Sergipe
gptkb:Tocantins
gptkb:Amazon_basin
gptkb:Distrito_Federal
gptkb:Paraíba
gptkb:Rondônia
gptkb:Argentina_(border_areas)
gptkb:Ecuador_(border_areas)
gptkb:Guyana_(border_areas)
gptkb:Venezuela_(border_areas)
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Cariban_languages
gptkb:Arawakan_languages
gptkbp:spokenIn gptkb:Bolivia
gptkb:Brazil
gptkb:Colombia
gptkb:Paraguay
gptkb:Peru
gptkb:South_America
gptkb:Suriname
gptkb:French_Guiana
gptkbp:status many are endangered
gptkbp:writingSystem gptkb:Latin_script
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Guaraní
gptkb:Guarani
gptkb:Guarayu
gptkb:Tupí
gptkb:Tupi
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5