Talk:Tupi people

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[edit] merger

should be merged with Tupi languages. — ishwar (SPEAK) 11:59, 2005 May 20 (UTC)

There is a Tupi language family which consists of approximately 70 languages, one of which is Tupi. The family and the individual language should have separate articles, I think. To be consistent with other articles, they should be located at Tupi languages and Tupi language, respectively. --Tabor 19:13, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)

For now I removed the language stub, since this article is about the ethnic group. Also, I removed the references to Paraguay, since 95% of its people are actually Guarani-Spanish (according to the wpedia article). Also, I don't think the Tupi (as an ethnic group) are really majority in North/Northeast/Center-West Brazil, so I changed that affirmation to something more conservative. We need actual statistics. -- leoboiko 14:38, 2005 August 10 (UTC)

I have two observations:
First, "In southeastern Brazil they are an important presence in the genetic pool" is a scientific affirmation and should be follow by a reference to a scientific study about it.
Second, "while constituting a considerable portion of the lower classes in the North, Northeast, and Center-West." sounds like they still been consider Tupi people inside the Brazilian society, while the great majority are no longer consider Tupi and are blended with European decedents.
I suggest the sentence be change to "In Brazil, the majority of Tupi decedents are in some degree blended with European decedents (called caboclo), are part of the Brazilian society and no longer consider Tupi".--ClaudioMB 05:18, 25 May 2007 (UTC)

Allright I have greatly expanded the article with correct information. And we need proves to say they first inhabited the Amazon then the coast. They're usually related to the coast. --El Chemaniaco 01:14, 2 September 2007 (UTC)