- Tupi (Abañeénga) dialects
- Tamoyo – once spoken from the
Cabo de São Tomé to
Angra dos Reis, state of Rio de Janeiro. (Unattested.)
- Ararape – once spoken on the
Paraíba do Sul River in the state of Rio de Janeiro. (Unattested.)
- Temimino – once spoken on the coast of the state of Espirito Santo. (Unattested.)
- Tupiniquin / Margaya – once spoken on the coast from Espirito Santo as far as
Camamu, state of Bahia.
- Tupinamba – formerly spoken on the coast from
Camamu as far as the mouth of the
São Francisco River, later on the coast in the state of Maranhão.
- Tupina – once spoken in the interior of the state of Bahia. (Unattested.)
- Caeté / Caité – once spoken on the coast from the mouth of the
São Francisco River to the mouth of the
Paraíba do Norte River. (Unattested.)
- Amoipira / Anaupira – once spoken in the interior of the state of Bahia, from
Cabrobó to the mouth of the
Grande River. (Unattested.)
- Abaete – once spoken in Bahia on the
Abaeté River. (Unattested.)
- Maromomi – dialect spoken at the old mission of
São Barnabé,
Rio de Janeiro. (Unattested.)
- Potiguara / Petigare – dialect once spoken on the coast from the mouth of the
Paraíba do Norte River to the mouth of the
Parnaiba River, now spoken by a few families in the
Baía da Traição, state of Paraíba.
- Viatan – once spoken in the interior of the states of
Pernambuco, but the exact location not recorded. (Unattested.)
- Tobajara / Miarigois – once spoken in the interior of the state of Ceará on the
Camocim River. (Unattested.)
- Cahicahi / Caicaze / Caicai – once spoken on the lower course of the
Itapecurú River, state of Maranhão. (Unattested.)
- Jaguaribára – once spoken at the mouth of the
Jaguaribare River, state of Ceará. (Unattested.)
- Tupinambarana – once spoken on the island of the same name on the
Amazon River. (Unattested.)
- Nhengahiba / Ingahiva – once spoken in the southern part of
Marajó Island, Pará. (Unattested.)
- Nheéngatu / Niangatú / Lingua Geral – a language spoken by the mixed population on both banks of the
Amazon River and in the past century used in intertribal and commercial relations.
- Guarani (Karani, Abañéem) dialects
- Chandri / Yarri – once spoken on the
Martín García Island and in the
Martín Chico region, Argentina, and on the coast near
San Lázaro, Paraguay. (Unattested.)
- Topare – once spoken near
San Gabriel, Uruguay. (Unattested.)
- Cariú / Carijó – once spoken in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, from
Porto Alegre to
Antonina, state of Paraná and in the
Serra do Mar.
- Arachane / Arechane – once spoken around the
Lagoa dos Patos, Rio Grande do Sul. (Unattested.)
- Itatin – originally spoken south of the
Apa River, Paraguay, now by a few families on the
Brilhante River, state of Mato Grosso, Brazil. (Unattested.)
- Bituruna – once spoken on the
São Antonio River,
Peixe River, and
Chopim River in the state of Paraná, Brazil. (Unattested.)
- Tape – extinct dialect from the
Serra Geral, state of Rio Grande do Sul (Unattested.)
- Apapocúva – originally spoken on the
Dourados River and
Amambaí River, state of Mato Grosso, later on the
Itaparé River, state of São Paulo, now extinct.
- Tañyguá – originally spoken on the
Dourados River, Mato Grosso, later on the
Aguapeí River, state of São Paulo, now extinct. (Unattested.)
- Oguaíva – originally spoken in Mato Grosso, later on the
Paranapanema River, state of São Paulo. (Unattested.)
- Kainguá / Painguá / Montese – language affined to Guaraní, spoken on the
Jejuy River, Paraguay, and on the
Aracaí River and
Igatimí River, state of Paraná. Dialects are:
- Baticola – once spoken in the
Serra Amambaí, state of Mato Grosso. (Unattested.)
- Paiguasú – spoken on the
Curupaiña River, Mato Grosso. (Unattested.)
- Avahuguai – spoken on the
Dourados River, Mato Grosso. (Unattested.)
- Yvytyiguá – spoken in the
Serra do Diabo, Mato Grosso. (Unattested.)
- Apiteré – spoken between the
São Joaquim River and
Amambaí River, Mato Grosso. (Unattested.)
- Tembecua – spoken by the neighbors of the Ivitiigúa (Yvytyigua) tribe.
- Chiripá – spoken on the
Acaray River, Paraguay; and at the mouth of the
Iguasú River, Argentina.
- Mbyhá / Jeguaká Tenondé / Bwihá / Caiua / Cahygua – spoken on the
Monday River, Paraguay.
- Canoiero / Aba / Tiäbezä – spoken on both banks of the
Tocantins River, in the central part of
Bananal Island and at the mouth of the
Crixás River and
Peixe River, state of Goiás.
- Guaranized languages
- Shetá / Aré / Yvaparé – once spoken in the interior of the state of Paraná on the
Ivaí River, now extinct.
- Serra dos Dourados (tribe with unknown name) – in the
Serra dos Dourados, state of Paraná.
- Guayaquí / Acé – spoken by a tribe in the Cordillera de
Villa Rica, Paraguay.
- Notobotocudo / Pihtadyouai – language of an extinct tribe that lived at the sources of the
Uruguai River and
Iguasú River, state of Santa Catarina.
- Kamayurá group
- Kamayurá / Camayura – spoken by a small tribe on the
Ferro River in the Xingú basin, state of Mato Grosso.
- Awití / Auetö / Aweti – spoken in the same region on the
Culiseú River, Mato Grosso.
- Arawiné – little known language from the
7 de setembro River, state of Mato Grosso.
- Tapirapé group
- Northern group
- Pará group
- Guiana group
- Oyampi / Wayapí / Guayapi – originally spoken on the lower course of the
Xingú River, later on the
Oiapoque River in the territory of Amapá, in French Guiana, now on the
Maroni River.
- Tamacom – extinct language once spoken on the middle course of the
Jarí River and at the sources of the
Maracá River, Pará. (Unattested.)
- Cusari / Coussani – once spoken on the upper course of the
Araguarí River, territory of Amapá. (Unattested.)
- Paikipiranga / Parixi – spoken at the sources of the
Maracá River, Pará.
- Calayua – once spoken at the sources of the
Inipucú River, Pará. (Unattested.)
- Apama – spoken by a few individuals on the
Maecurú River, Pará. (Unattested.)
- Emerillon / Teko / Emereñon / Marêyo – spoken by only a few families on the
Approuague River,
Camopi River,
Inini River,
Coureni River, and
Araoua River, French Guiana.
- Caripuna / Calipurn – language spoken on the
Curipi River, Pará, by the mixed population of diverse origin. (Unattested.)
- Southern group
- Apiacá – originally spoken between the
Arinos River and
Juruena River, now on the
São Manoel River and
Ronuro River, and on the upper course of the
Tapajós River, Mato Grosso.
- Tapañuna – language of a very little known tribe that lived between the
Tapanhuna River and
Peixe River, state of Mato Grosso. (Unattested.)
- Timaóna – language of an unknown tribe from the
Peixe River. (Unattested.)
- Raipé-Sisi / Aipé-Chichi – once spoken between the
Arinos River and
São Manoel River. (Unattested.)
- Makirí – spoken at the mouth of the
São Manoel River.
- Pariuaia – spoken at the sources of the
Barati River. (Unattested.)
- Kayabí / Parua – spoken on the lower course of the
Verde River and on the
Paranatina River.
- Kawahyb / Cabahyba / Kawahíwa – originally spoken in the tropical forests west of the upper course of the
Tocantins River, later on the
Ji-Paraná River and
Marmelos River, Pará.
- Dialects:
- Parintintin / Nakazetí / Itoehebe – spoken between the
Madeira River and
Maiçí River, Pará.
- Wiraféd / Tupi do rio Machado – spoken on the
Machado River.
- Pauaté – once spoken at the sources of the
Zinho River. (Unattested.)
- Paranawát – spoken at the mouth of the
Muqui River. (Unattested.)
- Mialat – spoken on the middle course of the
Machado River. (Unattested.)
- Takwatíp / Tacuatepe – spoken at the confluence of the
Ji-Paraná River and
Pimenta Bueno River.
- Tukumaféd – spoken on the middle course of the
Machado River. (Unattested.)
- Ipoteuate – spoken on the
Ji-Paraná River. (Unattested.)
- Apairandé – spoken between the
Ji-Paraná River and
Maiçí River. (Unattested.)
- Jabotiféd – spoken on a tributary of the
Machado River, east of the Ipoteuate tribe. (Unattested.)
- Dawahib / Bocas Pretas – spoken on the
Anarí River, Rondônia.
- Jaguarúb – spoken south of the Paranawát tribe. (Unattested.)
- Hamno – spoken in the same region as Jaguarúb. (Unattested.)
- Sanenäre – spoken in the same region as Jaguarúb, but exact location uncertain. (Unattested.)
- Majubim – spoken at the confluence of the
Pimenta Bueno River and
Ji-Paraná River. (Unattested.)
- Catuquinarú – language of a Tupinized Katukina tribe, spoken on the
Embira River, Amazonas.
- Amazonas group
- Omagua / Campeua / Carari – originally spoken along the
Amazon River between the mouth of the
Juruá River and the mouth of the
Napo River, now in only a few villages.
- Yurimagua / Yoriman – once spoken along the
Amazon River from the mouth of the
Jutaí River to the mouth, of the
Purus River, now spoken by only a few of the mixed population in the city of
Yurimaguas, Peru. (Unattested.)
- Aizuare – once spoken from the mouth of the
Juruá River to the mouth of the
Japura River. (Unattested.)
- Ibanoma / Bonama – spoken on the right bank of the
Amazon River from the mouth of the
Purus River to the mouth of the
Juruá River; now totally extinct. (Unattested.)
- Tapajó – once spoken at the mouth of the
Tapajós River (cf. Pará group). (Unattested.)
- Awakachi – once spoken at the mouth of the
Auacachi River. (Unattested.)
- Papateruana – once spoken in a part of the
Tupinambarana Island on the
Amazon River. (Unattested.)
- Paguana – once spoken along the
Amazon River from the mouth of the
Cafua River to the mouth of the
Tefé River. (Unattested.)
- Cocama – language spoken on a great lagoon on the left bank of the
Ucayali River and near the city of
Nauta, Peru.
- Cocamilla – spoken on the lower course of the
Huallaga River, Peru. (Tessmann 1930, p. 82.)
- Yeté – once spoken on the
Tiputini River, Loreto province, Peru. (Unattested.)
- Jibitaona – once spoken near the city of
Santiago de las Montañas, Peru. (Unattested.)
- Chiriguano group
- Chiriguano / Camba – spoken in the Bolivian Andes in the Serranía de
Aguarugue and in the western part of the Bolivian Chaco, in
Sara Province and on the upper course of the
Bermejo River. Now only in the
Carandaiti Valley and around
Tarabuco.
- Guarayo – spoken at the sources of the
Blanco River and on the San Miguel River, now in the missions of
Yotaú, San Pablo, and
Yaguarú, province of Santa Cruz, Bolivia.
- Pauserna / Moperecoa / Warádu-nëe – originally spoken on the
Paragúa River and
Tarbo River, Bolivia, now by only a few individuals on the
Verde River, a tributary of the
Guaporé River, Mato Grosso.
- Tapieté / Kurukwá / Yanaygua / Parapiti – spoken on the upper course of the
Pilcomayo River and on the
Parapití River, Paraguayan Chaco
- Izozo / Chané – spoken on the
Itiyuro River in the Campo y Durán and on the
Parepetí River, Chaco.
- Siriono / Chori – language of a very primitive tribe in central Bolivia, especially in the tropical forests on the
Ichillo River and
Grande River, between the
Blanco River and
Yapacaní River, between the
Ivari River and
Quimore River, between the upper course of the
Ivari River and
Grande River, between the
Piray River and
Itonama River, and between the
Beni River and
Mamoré River.
- Dialects:
- Tirinié – spoken on the
Mamoré River.
- Ñeozé – spoken on the
Grande River and
Mamoré River.
- Yandé – spoken on the
Mamoré River. (Unattested.)
- Jora – once spoken around the
Laguna Jorá near the city of
Baures.
- Mawé group
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