Mambai people

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The Mambai people are an indigenous ethnic group of Timor-Leste, primarily inhabiting the island’s central highlands and known for their distinct Austronesian language and traditional agrarian culture.

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Mambai people canonical 14

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group
indigenous people
associatedPoliticalEntity Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste
linked to: Timor-Leste
colonialHistoryContext Portuguese Timor
linked to: Timor-Leste
continent Asia
country Timor-Leste
countryFormerName East Timor
linked to: Timor-Leste
countryOfficialLanguageContext Portuguese
Tetum
culturalPractice communal feasting
ritual agriculture ceremonies
culturalRegion central Timor highlands
ethnolinguisticGroup Austronesian peoples
geopoliticalStatus indigenous to Timor-Leste
language Mambai language
linked to: Mambae language
languageBranch Malayo-Polynesian languages
languageFamily Austronesian languages
languageScript Latin script
languageStatus recognized national language of Timor-Leste
livestock chickens
goats
pigs
mainIsland Timor
neighboringEthnicGroup Bunak people
Kemak people
Tetum people
linked to: Timorese people
partOf population of Timor-Leste
postColonialState Timor-Leste
primaryCrops beans
maize
rice
tubers
primaryHabitat central highlands of Timor-Leste
region Southeast Asia
religion Roman Catholicism
traditional animist beliefs
socialOrganization village-based communities
subsistenceType rain-fed agriculture
traditionalArchitectureMaterial thatch
wood
traditionalEconomy agrarian
traditionalHousing stilt houses
traditionalLivelihood shifting cultivation
subsistence agriculture
traditionalReligionType ancestor veneration
spirit worship

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Referenced by (14)

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José Alexandre ethnicGroup Mambai people
Mambae language ethnicGroup Mambai people
Timorese people ethnicGroup Mambai people
Timor ethnicGroups Mambai people
Dawan people neighboringEthnicGroup Mambai people
Mambai ethnicGroup Mambai people
Fataluku people areDistinctFrom Mambai people
Makasae people neighboringEthnicGroup Mambai people
Bunak people neighboringEthnicGroup Mambai people
Bobonaro Municipality hasEthnicGroup Mambai people
Galoli people neighboringEthnicGroups Mambai people
Ainaro Municipality hasEthnicGroup Mambai people
Kemak people relatedEthnicGroup Mambai people