Tupi-Guarani

Tu·pí-Gua·ra·ní

T0414900 (to͞o-pē′gwär-ə-nē′, to͞o′pē-)n. A language family widely spread throughout the Amazon River valley, coastal Brazil, and northeast South America.

Tu·pí′-Gua·ra·ní′, Tu·pi′-Gua·ra·ni′an adj.

Tupi-Guarani

n (Languages) a family of South American Indian languages spoken in Brazil, Paraguay, and certain adjacent regions: possibly distantly related to Quechua ˈTupiˌ-Guaraˈnian adj

Tupi′-Guarani′

or Tupí′-Guaraní′,

n. 1. a grouping of genetically related American Indian languages, varying in number according to the classification scheme, that includes the Tupi languages and Guarani. 2. Tupian. Tupi′-Guarani′an, adj., n.

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Tupi-Guarani - a family of South American Indian languagesTupi-Guarani languageAmerican-Indian language, Amerind, Amerindian language, American Indian, Indian - any of the languages spoken by AmerindiansGuarani - the language spoken by the Guarani of Paraguay and BoliviaTupi - the language spoken by the Tupi of Brazil and Paraguay

Tupi-Guarani

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Tupi-Guarani

one of the largest South American Indian language families (seeAMERICAN INDIAN LANGUAGES). The Tupi-Guarani languages are divided into two groups. The northern, or Topi, group served as the basis for an intertribal language, or lingua geral, after the European conquest of Brazil. The southern, or Guarani, group is spoken by a large number of Paraguayans. The Tupi-Guarani languages are spoken by the Caingua, Guayaqui, Chiriguano, Oiampi, Emerillon, Apiaca, Mundurucú, Cauahib, Sirione, and numerous other tribes inhabiting central South America from the coast of Brazil to the eastern slopes of the Andes and from Guyana and the lower Amazon to Uruguay. In 1970 the total population of these tribes was estimated at approximately 200,000. The tribes engage in hunting, fishing, and primitive slash farming; some work on plantations and estates as seasonal laborers.

REFERENCES

Handbook of South American Indians, vol. 3. Washington, D.C., 1948. (Smithsonian Institution Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin 143.)
McQuown, N. A. “The Indigenous Languages of Native America.” American Anthropologist, 1955, vol. 57, no. 3, part. 1.

Tupi-Guarani

Tu·pí-Gua·ra·ní

Tupi-Guarani

Tupi′-Guarani′

or Tupí′-Guaraní′,

Tupi-Guarani

Tupi-Guarani

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Tupi-Guarani

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noun a family of South American Indian languages

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