Tupian languages

The Tupi or Tupian language family comprises some 70 languages spoken in South America, of which the best known are Tupi proper and Guarani.

Tupian
Geographic
distribution
Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay, North-East Argentina, Southern Colombia, Northern Peru
Linguistic classificationJe-Tupi-Carib?
  • Tupian
Proto-languageProto-Tupian
Subdivisions
ISO 639-2 / 5tup
Glottologtupi1275
Tupi–Guarani (medium pink), other Tupian (violet), and probable range ca. 1500 (pink-grey)
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