Kariña

E1031772

Kariña refers to the Indigenous Carib-speaking people native to parts of northeastern South America, particularly in present-day Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Kariña canonical 4
Kaliña 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Amerindian people
Indigenous people
ethnic group
affectedBy European colonization of the Americas
alternativeName Carib
Galibi
Kalin’a
Kali’na
linked to: Kalin’a

Mainland Caribs
linked to: Carib peoples
continent South America
country French Guiana
Guyana
Suriname
Venezuela
culturalPractice body painting
oral tradition
ritual dances
ethnicGroupOf French Guiana
Guyana
Suriname
Venezuela
hasAutonym Kalin’a
Kariña
historicalContactWith Dutch colonizers
French colonizers
Portuguese colonizers
Spanish colonizers
languageFamily Cariban languages
linked to: Carib languages
languageStatus endangered
nativeLanguage Kariña language
partOf Carib peoples
recognizedAsIndigenousPeopleIn French Guiana
Guyana
Suriname
Venezuela
region northeastern South America
religion animism
shamanism
traditionalCrop cassava
traditionalHousing communal houses
traditionalRegion Guiana Shield
Orinoco River basin
linked to: Orinoco Basin

coastal lowlands of northeastern South America
traditionalSubsistence fishing
hunting
shifting cultivation
UNESCOLanguageStatus vulnerable
writingSystemUsed Latin script

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kare hasAlternativeName Kariña
Wayana neighboringPeoples Kaliña
linked to: Kariña
Kariña hasAutonym Kariña