Key facts
- Geographic distribution
- Brazil , Bolivia , Paraguay , Uruguay , North-east Argentina , Southern Colombia , Northern Peru
- Linguistic classification
- Je-Tupi-Carib ? Tupian
- Proto language
- Proto-Tupian
- Subdivisions
- Tupi–Guarani Arikem Awetï Mawé Mondé Mundurukú Puruborá – Ramarama Tuparí Yurúna
- Iso 639 2 5
- tup
- Glottolog
- tupi1275
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Wikidata facts
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- native label
- Ñe'engatú
- Commons category
- Tupian languages
- Wikimedia language code
- yrl
- Wikimedia Incubator URL
- incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wp/yrl
- number of speakers, writers, or signers
- 5040000
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The Tupi or Tupian language family comprises some 70 languages spoken in South America, of which the best known are Tupi proper and Guarani.
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