Tupian
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- noun
- Linguists study Tupian to understand the cultural heritage of its speakers in South America.
Examples
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Many indigenous tribes in the Amazon rainforest communicate using Tupian languages.
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The Tupian languages are known for their rich oral traditions and unique grammatical structures.
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Guarani and Tupian farmed by slash-and-burn, moving often.
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In South America, Andeans were dominated by the Inka, Guarani, and Tupian in Brazil, Paraguay, and the Guianas, the Bari in Colombia and Venezuela, and many others.
Fiction book (1992)
Synonyms
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A language spoken by native people in Brazil and Paraguay
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The language spoken by the Tupi people of Brazil and Paraguay
A native language spoken by the Guarani people in Paraguay and nearby countries
Surface Forms
Morphology
Tupian = Tupi (transparent) = Tupi + an
The noun 'a Tupian' (a language of the Tupi family) is a standard denominal/denominal-adjective-to-noun derivation using '-an'; the relation to the family name is direct.
Etymology
Tupian as a noun names a language family and comes from the people called Tupi, so a Tupian language is simply 'a language of the Tupi'. This links the word directly to the indigenous languages of South America.