Tupi peoples

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The Tupi peoples are a group of Indigenous communities of Brazil known for their widespread pre-colonial presence along the Atlantic coast, distinct Tupi-Guarani languages, and significant influence on Brazilian culture and history.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Old Tupi 2
Tupi peoples canonical 2
Tupinambá 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous people
ethnic group
continent South America
country Brazil
culturalHeritageStatus foundational to Brazilian national identity
documentedBy Hans Staden NERFINISHED
Jean de Léry NERFINISHED
Jesuit missionaries
José de Anchieta NERFINISHED
encounteredBy French colonists
Portuguese explorers
ethnolinguisticGroup Tupi–Guarani NERFINISHED
historicalPeriod pre-colonial Brazil
historicalRegion coastal Brazil
housingMaterial palm leaves
wood
housingType longhouse
indigenousTo Amazon basin NERFINISHED
Atlantic coast of Brazil
influenced Brazilian Portuguese vocabulary
Brazilian cuisine
Brazilian culture
Brazilian ethnogenesis
Brazilian folklore
Brazilian toponymy
languageFamily Tupian languages NERFINISHED
Tupi–Guarani languages NERFINISHED
mainCrops maize
manioc
sweet potato
partOf Indigenous peoples of Brazil NERFINISHED
relatedEthnicGroup Guarani people NERFINISHED
Tupinambá people NERFINISHED
religion animism
shamanism
ritualPractice anthropophagy
war rituals
significantEvent Portuguese colonization of Brazil
socialOrganization clan structures
village-based communities
subgroup Guarani NERFINISHED
Potiguara NERFINISHED
Tabajara NERFINISHED
Temiminó NERFINISHED
Tupinambá NERFINISHED
Tupiniquim NERFINISHED
traditionalSubsistence fishing
gathering
hunting
slash-and-burn agriculture

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Indigenous peoples of the Americas includesEthnicGroup Tupi peoples
Tupi–Guaraní hasLanguage Old Tupi
linked to: Tupi peoples
Tupi–Guaraní hasLanguage Tupinambá
linked to: Tupi peoples
Tupian wellKnownLanguage Old Tupi
linked to: Tupi peoples
Tupiniquim ethnolinguisticGroup Tupi
linked to: Tupi peoples
Tupiniquim relatedEthnicGroup Tupinambá
linked to: Tupi peoples
Tupiniquim hasNameInEnglish Tupiniquim people
linked to: Tupi peoples