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 (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bribri people | 6 |
| Bribri language | 4 |
| Bribri canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1402551 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Bribri Context triple: [Isthmo-Colombian Area, hasIndigenousGroup, Bribri]
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A.
Emberá
Emberá is an indigenous language spoken by the Emberá people of Panama and neighboring regions of Colombia, belonging to the Chocoan language family.
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B.
Lacandon
Lacandon is a Mayan language spoken by the Lacandon people of the Lacandon Jungle in Chiapas, Mexico, known for preserving many archaic features of the Mayan language family.
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C.
Miskito
Miskito is an indigenous language of the Miskito people, primarily spoken along the Atlantic coast of Nicaragua and Honduras.
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D.
Huichol
Huichol is an indigenous Uto-Aztecan language spoken by the Wixárika people of western Mexico, known for its complex verbal morphology and rich oral tradition.
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E.
Guaymí
Guaymí, more commonly known today as the Ngäbe or Ngäbere people, are an Indigenous group of Central America primarily living in Panama and Costa Rica, recognized for their distinct language, traditional dress, and communal agricultural lifestyle.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Bribri Target entity description: 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.
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A.
Emberá
Emberá is an indigenous language spoken by the Emberá people of Panama and neighboring regions of Colombia, belonging to the Chocoan language family.
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B.
Lacandon
Lacandon is a Mayan language spoken by the Lacandon people of the Lacandon Jungle in Chiapas, Mexico, known for preserving many archaic features of the Mayan language family.
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C.
Miskito
Miskito is an indigenous language of the Miskito people, primarily spoken along the Atlantic coast of Nicaragua and Honduras.
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D.
Huichol
Huichol is an indigenous Uto-Aztecan language spoken by the Wixárika people of western Mexico, known for its complex verbal morphology and rich oral tradition.
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E.
Guaymí
Guaymí, more commonly known today as the Ngäbe or Ngäbere people, are an Indigenous group of Central America primarily living in Panama and Costa Rica, recognized for their distinct language, traditional dress, and communal agricultural lifestyle.
- F. None of above. chosen
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
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Bribri language
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| kinshipSystem | matrilineal descent ⓘ |
| knowledgeSystem | traditional ecological knowledge ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Chibchan languages ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
northern Panama
ⓘ
southern Costa Rica ⓘ |
| partOf | Chibchan cultural area ⓘ |
| populationCenter |
Talamanca Indigenous Territory
ⓘ
surface form:
Cabagra Indigenous Territory
Talamanca Indigenous Territory ⓘ
surface form:
Kekoldi Indigenous Territory
Salitre Indigenous Territory ⓘ Talamanca Indigenous Territory ⓘ |
| primaryHabitat | tropical rainforest ⓘ |
| recognizedAsIndigenousPeopleBy |
Government of Costa Rica
ⓘ
surface form:
Costa Rican government
Government of Panama ⓘ
surface form:
Panamanian government
|
| region |
Bocas del Toro Province
ⓘ
surface form:
Bocas del Toro region
Caribbean coast of Costa Rica ⓘ
surface form:
Caribbean slope of Costa Rica
Talamanca mountain range ⓘ
surface form:
Talamanca Mountains
|
| relatedEthnicGroup |
Buglé
ⓘ
Cabécar ⓘ Ngäbe ⓘ |
| religion | Bribri traditional religion ⓘ |
| socialStructure | matrilineal ⓘ |
| speaks |
Bribri
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Bribri language
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| traditionalAuthority | awa (shaman) leaders ⓘ |
| traditionalCrop |
cacao
ⓘ
maize ⓘ plantain ⓘ |
| traditionalHousing | conical thatched houses ⓘ |
| traditionalSubsistence |
agriculture
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fishing ⓘ gathering ⓘ hunting ⓘ |
| traditionalTerritory | Talamanca region ⓘ |
| usesLanguageScript | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
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Subject: Bribri Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (12)
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