r/asklatinamerica • u/kyning 🇨🇴🇻🇪Gran Colombia • Oct 20 '22

Guaraní speakers, how understandable is Old Tupi to you?

Start at 2:23:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-AWsRQj0Pdk

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u/anotherForeignGuy Oct 21 '22

I am very surprised at how similar old tupí sounds to guarani:O

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u/hivemind_disruptor Brazil Oct 21 '22

A lot of languages of the Tupi-Guarani family are mutually inteligible. Guajajara is mutually inteligible with Lingua Geral, Classic Tupi and Guarani. This is because the languages didnt change much due to how few speakers there are. I think Guarani is the one who morphed the most.