Tupi people

Indigenous people of Brazil

The Tupi people, a subdivision of the Tupi-Guarani linguistic families, were one of the largest groups of Indigenous peoples in Brazil before its colonization. Scholars believe that while they first settled in the Amazon rainforest, from about 2,900 years ago the Tupi started to migrate southward and, from around 1,000 years ago, gradually occupied the Atlantic coast of Southeast Brazil. Many Tupi people today are merged with the Guaraní people, forming the Tupi–Guarani languages.

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