Old Tupi

E890398

Old Tupi is an extinct indigenous language of coastal Brazil that served as a major lingua franca during the early colonial period and is a key member of the Tupian language family.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Old Tupi canonical 5
Ancient Tupi 1
Old Tupi language 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf extinct language ⓘ
indigenous language ⓘ
language ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Brazilian language (historical) ⓘ
Tupinambá language ⓘ
linked to: Tupi language

língua brasílica ⓘ
documentedBy Jesuit grammarians ⓘ
documentedIn 16th century ⓘ
17th century ⓘ
eraOfProminence early colonial period of Brazil ⓘ
extinctionPeriod 18th century ⓘ
glottocode oldt1249 ⓘ
hasCulturalRole key component of early Brazilian colonial culture ⓘ
source of many Brazilian place names and plant and animal names ⓘ
hasDescendant Língua Geral Amazônica ⓘ
linked to: Tupi language

Língua Geral Paulista ⓘ
linked to: Tupi language

Nheengatu ⓘ
hasFeature distinction between inclusive and exclusive first-person plural pronouns ⓘ
lack of grammatical gender ⓘ
nasal harmony ⓘ
postpositions instead of prepositions ⓘ
rich verbal morphology ⓘ
hasNotableGrammar Anchieta's grammar of Tupi ⓘ
influenced Brazilian Portuguese vocabulary ⓘ
Nheengatu ⓘ
ethnonyms in Brazil ⓘ
toponymy of Brazil ⓘ
ISO639-3 tpw ⓘ
languageBranch Tupi–Guarani ⓘ
linked to: Tupi–Guaraní
languageFamily Tupian ⓘ
lexifierOf Nheengatu ⓘ
memberOf Tupian language family ⓘ
linked to: Tupian languages
morphologicalType agglutinative language ⓘ
primaryWordOrder SOV ⓘ
region Atlantic coast of Brazil ⓘ
replacedBy Portuguese language in Brazil ⓘ
spokenIn Brazil ⓘ
coastal Brazil ⓘ
status extinct ⓘ
subclassOf Tupi–Guarani language ⓘ
linked to: Tupi–Guaraní
timeDepth pre-Columbian period to 18th century ⓘ
usedAs lingua franca ⓘ
trade language ⓘ
usedBy Jesuit missionaries in Brazil ⓘ
Portuguese colonists in Brazil ⓘ
indigenous peoples of coastal Brazil ⓘ
usedFor Christian missionary work ⓘ
colonial administration in parts of Brazil ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

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

Nheengatu → derivedFrom → Old Tupi ⓘ
Tupi language → hasPart → Old Tupi ⓘ
Tupi language → hasAlternativeName → Ancient Tupi ⓘ
linked to: Old Tupi
Tupi language → hasAlternativeName → Old Tupi language ⓘ
linked to: Old Tupi