Tupian family
Nheengatu
c. 1700 CE – today Living
Nheengatu (c. 1700 CE – today) is a living Tupian language. Lineage: Proto-Tupian → Proto-Tupi-Guarani → Old Tupi → Nheengatu.
See Nheengatu on the interactive map- Speakers
- 20K (20,000)
- ISO 639-3
- yrl
- Glottocode
- nhen1239
Descends from the Amazonian língua geral, which grew out of Old Tupi. Still spoken along the Rio Negro; co-official in São Gabriel da Cachoeira.
Lineage
- Proto-Tupianc. 3,000 BCE – 1,000 BCE
- Proto-Tupi-Guaranic. 500 BCE – 500 CE
- Old Tupic. 1000 CE – 1800 CE
- Nheengatuc. 1700 CE – today