FALANDO TUPI

What do the words alligator, armadillo, ipê and urubu have in common? All of them were incorporated into the Portuguese language although they are of Tupi origin. The legitimate language of the Tupinambá, Tupiniquim, Caetés, Tamoios and Potiguara Indians, Tupi was grammaticalized by the Jesuits and used by Portuguese colonizers in the 16th century in the first contacts with native tribes.
The contribution of the Tupi language to Portuguese spoken in Brazil is estimated at more than ten thousand words. Names of places, rivers, mountains, plants and fruits are now part of Brazilian culture throughout its territory. And this mixture surpasses the influences of all other languages ​​spoken in the world in our daily lives.
Speaking Tupi is an initiation into the universe of the language that those who inhabited Pindorama spoke before its discovery by the Portuguese. A fun way to introduce children to the origins of the words spoken and written by our people.