Bribri

E162018

The Bribri are an Indigenous people of southern Costa Rica and northern Panama known for their Chibchan language, matrilineal social structure, and rich rainforest-based cultural traditions.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Bribri people 18
Bribri language 9
Bribri canonical 6

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous people
ethnic group
cosmology based on Sibö (Sibu) creator deity
country Costa Rica
Panama
culturalArea Central America
culturalTraditions cacao ceremonies
oral tradition
rainforest-based knowledge
shamanism
economy small-scale agriculture and cacao production
ethnicGroupOf Costa Rica
Panama
facesIssue environmental threats to rainforest
land rights conflicts
hasEndangeredLanguage Bribri language
linked to: Bribri
kinshipSystem matrilineal descent
knowledgeSystem traditional ecological knowledge
languageFamily Chibchan languages
locatedIn northern Panama
southern Costa Rica
partOf Chibchan cultural area
populationCenter Cabagra Indigenous Territory
Kekoldi Indigenous Territory
Salitre Indigenous Territory
Talamanca Indigenous Territory
primaryHabitat tropical rainforest
recognizedAsIndigenousPeopleBy Costa Rican government
Panamanian government
region Bocas del Toro region
Caribbean slope of Costa Rica
Talamanca Mountains
relatedEthnicGroup Buglé
Cabécar
Ngäbe
religion Bribri traditional religion
socialStructure matrilineal
speaks Bribri language
linked to: Bribri
traditionalAuthority awa (shaman) leaders
traditionalCrop cacao
maize
plantain
traditionalHousing conical thatched houses
traditionalSubsistence agriculture
fishing
gathering
hunting
traditionalTerritory Talamanca region
usesLanguageScript Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (34)

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

Chibchan languages languageFamilyOf Bribri language
linked to: Bribri
Cabécar relatedGroups Bribri people
linked to: Bribri
Diquís culture associatedWith Bribri people
linked to: Bribri
Bribri speaks Bribri language
linked to: Bribri
Bribri hasEndangeredLanguage Bribri language
linked to: Bribri
Chibchan peoples hasPart Bribri people
linked to: Bribri
Indigenous people of Costa Rica hasEthnicGroup Bribri people
linked to: Bribri
Indigenous people of Costa Rica language Bribri language
linked to: Bribri
Bocas del Toro Province hasEthnicGroup Bribri people
linked to: Bribri
Ngäbe-Buglé people neighboringGroup Bribri people
linked to: Bribri
Talamanca mountain range homeTo Bribri people
linked to: Bribri
Cabécar language closelyRelatedTo Bribri language
linked to: Bribri
Western Panama ethnicGroup Bribri people
subject linked to: western Panama
linked to: Bribri
Spanish conquest of Costa Rica conflictWith Bribri people
linked to: Bribri
Salitre Indigenous Territory inhabitedBy Bribri people
linked to: Bribri
Salitre Indigenous Territory hasOfficialLanguage Bribri language
linked to: Bribri
Salitre Indigenous Territory governedBy Bribri traditional authorities
linked to: Bribri
Bribri traditional religion practicedBy Bribri people
linked to: Bribri
Bribri traditional religion ritualLanguage Bribri language
linked to: Bribri
Bribri traditional religion usesLanguage Bribri language
linked to: Bribri
Talamanca Indigenous Territory inhabitedBy Bribri people
linked to: Bribri
Talamanca Indigenous Territory majorHomelandOf Bribri people
linked to: Bribri
Talamanca Indigenous Territory culturalCenterFor Bribri people
linked to: Bribri
Talamanca Indigenous Territory languageUsed Bribri language
linked to: Bribri
Chibchan cultural area inhabitedBy Bribri people
linked to: Bribri
Cabécar people relatedEthnicGroup Bribri people
linked to: Bribri
Chibchan includesLanguage Bribri
Chorotega neighboringGroup Bribri people
linked to: Bribri
Buenos Aires Canton hasEthnicGroup Bribri people
linked to: Bribri