Langenesis

Tupian family

Proto-Tupi-Guarani

c. 500 BCE – 500 CE Reconstructed

Proto-Tupi-Guarani (c. 500 BCE – 500 CE) is a reconstructed Tupian language. It has 4 descendant languages and stages on the map. Lineage: Proto-Tupian → Proto-Tupi-Guarani.

See Proto-Tupi-Guarani on the interactive map

Ancestor of the Tupi-Guarani branch. Its later expansion along the Atlantic coast and the Paraná basin is linked to the spread of Tupiguarani ceramics.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Tupianc. 3,000 BCE – 1,000 BCE
  2. Proto-Tupi-Guaranic. 500 BCE – 500 CE

Descendants 2

Sources