Tupi-Guaraní

Tupi–Guarani
Geographic distribution:	Brazil, Bolivia, French Guiana, Paraguay, Peru
Linguistic classification:	Tupian Tupi–Guarani
Subdivisions:	Guarani Guarayu Tupi Teneteharan Kawahib Kamayurá Xingu Northern
Glottolog:	tupi1276
Tupi–Guarani (medium pink), other Tupian (violet), and probable range c. 1500 (pink-grey)

Tupi–Guarani ( pronunciation ) is the name of the most widely distributed subfamily of the Tupian languages of South America. It includes fifty languages, including the best-known languages of the family, Guarani and Old Tupi.

The words petunia, jaguar, tapioca, jacaranda, anhinga, carioca, and capoeira are of Tupi–Guarani origin.

Rodrigues & Cabral (2012) propose eight branches of Tupí–Guaraní:

*Cabral argues that Kokama/Omagua is a mixed language, and so not directly classifiable, though most of its basic vocabulary is Tupi–Guarani.

**Not listed in Rodrigues & Cabral

Karipuna language (Amapá) may be spurious.