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Old Tupi is the only indigenous language with a significant presence in the lexicon of the Portuguese spoken in Brazil, as well as in its toponymy and anthroponymy. It also left a legacy in Brazilian literature , such as the lyrical and theatrical poetry of Joseph of Anchieta and the letters of the Camarão Indians .
The Tupi people, a subdivision of the Tupi-Guarani linguistic families, were one of the largest groups of indigenous peoples in Brazil before its colonization. Scholars believe that while they first settled in the Amazon rainforest, from about 2,900 years ago the Tupi started to migrate southward and gradually occupied the Atlantic coast of Southeast Brazil.
The Capitania of Grão-Pará, in English Captaincy of Grão-Pará (region initially called pa'ra, from Tupi-Guarani: "river-sea") was one of the administrative units of Colonial Brazil (in Portuguese America), created in 1621 along with the State of Grão-Pará and Maranhão, [1] from the evolution of the Conquista do Pará (or Empire of Amazonas) [2] [3] a Portuguese colonial territory ...
The Guarani are a group of culturally-related indigenous peoples of South America.They are distinguished from the related Tupi by their use of the Guarani language.The traditional range of the Guarani people is in what is now Paraguay between the Paraná River and lower Paraguay River, the Misiones Province of Argentina, southern Brazil once as far east as Rio de Janeiro, and parts of Uruguay ...
Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, São Paulo 51,000 [4] 2022 Kaixana Caixana Tupi–Guarani Amazonas 1,410 [4] 2020 Kalabaça Calabaça Ceará 227 [4] 2014 [1] Kalankó Cacalancó Portuguese Alagoas 329 [4] 2014 Kalapalo: Calapalo Karib Mato Grosso 855 [4] 2020 Kamaiurá: Camayurá Tupi–Guarani Mato Grosso 710 2020 [4] Kamba Camba ...
On the eve of the Portuguese arrival in 1500, the coastal areas of Brazil were dominated by two major groups: the Tupi (speakers of Tupi–Guarani languages), who occupied almost the entire length of the Brazilian coast, and the Tapuia (a general term for non-Tupi groups, usually Jê-speaking peoples), who primarily resided in the interior. The ...
According to Luís da Câmara Cascudo, the Tupi were the first "indigenous grouping that had contact with the colonizer." [ 75 ] The names of some of the main groups that inhabited Brazil on the eve of the European arrival are (among them some of non-Tupi origin): The Potiguara , Tremembé , Tabajara , Caeté , Tupiniquim , the Tupinambá ...
The Guarani-Kaiowá are also known as the Kaiwá, Caingua, Caiua, Caiwa, Cayua, Kaiova, and Kayova. [1] These spellings were largely devised by Europeans, The National Museum of Brazil (Portuguese: Museu Nacional) keeps records of the earliest Latinized forms for transcribing the name on behalf of the people, coincidentally Kaiowá means exactly this 'the people' - in their own language.