Tupi–Guarani languages

Tupi-Guarani
Geographic distribution	Brazil, Bolivia, French Guiana, Paraguay, Peru
Linguistic classification	Tupian Tupi-Guarani
Subdivisions	8 subgroups

Tupi-Guarani () is the name of the most important subfamily of the Tupi languages of South America. It includes 53 languages in 11 groups, as well as the best-known languages of this family, like Guarani and Tupi.

The words carioca, capoeira, tapioca, and jaguar are of Tupi-Guarani origin.

Languages

Rodriguez (1984-1985) proposed eight tentative branches of Tupi-Guarani:

• Guaraní (Subgroup I)
• Guarayu-Siriono-Jora (Subgroup II): Guarayu, Sirionó (Yuqui), Jorá (Hora)
• Tupi (Subgroup III): Old Tupi (lingua franca dialect Tupí Austral), Tupinamba (dialects Nheengatu, AKA Língua Geral as lingua franca, and Potiguára), Cocama, Tupinikin,
• Subgroup IV: Akwáwa (dialects Asuriní, Suruí do Pará, Parakanã), Avá-Canoeiro, Tapirapé, Tenetehára (dialects Guajajara, Tembé)
• Subgroup V: Xingú Asuriní, Kayabí, possibly Araweté
• Subgroup VI: Apiacá, Kawahíb (dialects Amondawa, Júma, Karipuná, Tenharim-Parintintín, Uru-eu-wau-wau, likely others now extinct)
• Kamayurá (Subgroup VII)
• Subgroup VIII: Anambé, Amanayé, Emerillon, Guaja, Wayampi, Zo'é, Takunyapé, Turiwára, Urubú-Kaapor

Two extinct languages, Aurá of Brazil and Pauserna of Bolivia, were not considered by Rodriguez.

See also

• Tupi people (Tupinambá)
• Guarani people
• Urubú-Kaapor Sign Language