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Nheengatu / Modern Tupi / ñe'engatú
Native to: Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela
Native speakers: 19,000 (2004–2008)
Language family: Tupian
NHEENGATU is an indigenous language of the Tupi-Guarani family, being then derived from the Tupi trunk, and originated from the ancient Amazonian tupinambá, an ancient Tupi dialectal branch of the Amazon, which extended throughout the region from Maranhão.
The language name derives from the words nhẽẽga (meaning "language" or "word") and katu (meaning "good"). The related language name Ñeꞌengatú in Paraguay is similarly derived.[clarification needed] Thus, nheengatu is referred to by a wide variety of names in literature, including Nhengatu, Tupi Costeiro, Geral, Yeral (in Venezuela), Tupi Moderno, Nyengato, Nyengatú, Waengatu, Neegatú, Is'engatu, Língua Brasílica, Tupi Amazônico , Ñe'engatú, Nhangatu, Inhangatu, Nenhengatu, Yẽgatú, Nyenngatú, Tupi and Lingua Geral. It is also commonly referred to as the Língua Geral Amazônica (LGA) in Brazil.
SOURCES:
Dicionário e estudo de Nheengatu Tradicional, de Yaguarê Yamã, Elias Yaguakãg, Egídia Reis e Mario José. (Dictionary and study of Traditional Nheengatu, by Yaguarê Yamã, Elias Yaguakãg, Egídia Reis and Mario José.)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nheengatu
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