Mbyá Guarani
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The Mbyá Guarani are an Indigenous Guarani-speaking people of the Southern Cone, known for their semi-nomadic forest-based lifestyle, rich oral traditions, and strong spiritual relationship with the land across regions of Paraguay, Brazil, and Argentina.
All labels observed (8)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mbyá Guarani canonical | 2 |
| Mbyá Guaraní | 2 |
| Guarani | 1 |
| Guarani Mbya | 1 |
| Kaiowá Guarani | 1 |
| Mbya Guarani | 1 |
| Mbyá Guarani language | 1 |
| Mbyá guaraní | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2331932 — 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: Mbyá Guarani Context triple: [Guarani peoples, subgroup, Mbyá Guarani]
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A.
Guaraní
Guaraní is an indigenous South American language of the Tupi–Guaraní family, widely spoken in Paraguay and neighboring countries and notable for its strong cultural and national significance.
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Paraguayan guaraní
The Paraguayan guaraní is the official monetary unit of Paraguay, used for all everyday transactions and financial operations in the country.
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C.
Tupi–Guaraní
Tupi–Guaraní is a major branch of the Tupian language family comprising numerous indigenous languages of South America, especially in Brazil, Paraguay, Bolivia, and surrounding regions.
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D.
Amuzgo
The Amuzgo are an indigenous Mesoamerican people primarily inhabiting the mountainous regions of Guerrero and Oaxaca in southern Mexico, known for their distinct language and rich textile-weaving traditions.
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E.
Terena language
The Terena language is an Arawakan indigenous language spoken primarily by the Terena people of Brazil’s Mato Grosso do Sul region.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Mbyá Guarani Target entity description: The Mbyá Guarani are an Indigenous Guarani-speaking people of the Southern Cone, known for their semi-nomadic forest-based lifestyle, rich oral traditions, and strong spiritual relationship with the land across regions of Paraguay, Brazil, and Argentina.
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A.
Guaraní
Guaraní is an indigenous South American language of the Tupi–Guaraní family, widely spoken in Paraguay and neighboring countries and notable for its strong cultural and national significance.
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B.
Paraguayan guaraní
The Paraguayan guaraní is the official monetary unit of Paraguay, used for all everyday transactions and financial operations in the country.
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C.
Tupi–Guaraní
Tupi–Guaraní is a major branch of the Tupian language family comprising numerous indigenous languages of South America, especially in Brazil, Paraguay, Bolivia, and surrounding regions.
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D.
Amuzgo
The Amuzgo are an indigenous Mesoamerican people primarily inhabiting the mountainous regions of Guerrero and Oaxaca in southern Mexico, known for their distinct language and rich textile-weaving traditions.
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E.
Terena language
The Terena language is an Arawakan indigenous language spoken primarily by the Terena people of Brazil’s Mato Grosso do Sul region.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Guarani people
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Indigenous people ⓘ |
| affectedBy |
deforestation
ⓘ
land dispossession ⓘ |
| cosmology | Ñanderu-centered worldview ⓘ |
| country |
Argentina
ⓘ
Brazil ⓘ Paraguay ⓘ |
| culturalPractice |
dance
ⓘ
ritual chanting ⓘ sacred music ⓘ shamanic healing ⓘ |
| culturalTrait |
rich oral tradition
ⓘ
strong spiritual relationship with the land ⓘ |
| ethnicGroupOf | Southern Cone ⓘ |
| housingType | communal houses ⓘ |
| language |
Mbyá Guarani
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Mbyá Guarani language
|
| languageFamily |
Tupian languages
ⓘ
Tupi–Guaraní ⓘ
surface form:
Tupi–Guarani languages
|
| peopleNameInPortuguese |
Mbyá Guarani
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Guarani Mbya
|
| peopleNameInSpanish |
Mbyá Guarani
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Mbyá guaraní
|
| populationDistribution |
indigenous communities in eastern Paraguay
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indigenous communities in northeastern Argentina ⓘ indigenous territories in southern Brazil ⓘ |
| recognizedAs |
Indigenous people in Argentina
ⓘ
Indigenous people in Brazil ⓘ Indigenous people in Paraguay ⓘ |
| region |
Argentina
ⓘ
Brazil ⓘ Paraguay ⓘ |
| religion | Guarani spirituality ⓘ |
| rightsIssue |
cultural preservation
ⓘ
land demarcation ⓘ |
| sacredSpace | opy (ritual house) ⓘ |
| selfDesignation |
Mbyá
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surface form:
Mbya
Mbyá ⓘ |
| socialOrganization |
extended family groups
ⓘ
village communities ⓘ |
| spiritualLeader | opygua ⓘ |
| subgroupOf |
Guaraní
ⓘ
surface form:
Guarani
|
| traditionalBelief | search for the Land Without Evil ⓘ |
| traditionalEconomy |
fishing
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gathering ⓘ hunting ⓘ shifting cultivation ⓘ |
| traditionalHabitat |
Atlantic Forest biome
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surface form:
Atlantic Forest
subtropical forest ⓘ |
| traditionalLifestyle | semi-nomadic ⓘ |
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Subject: Mbyá Guarani Description of subject: The Mbyá Guarani are an Indigenous Guarani-speaking people of the Southern Cone, known for their semi-nomadic forest-based lifestyle, rich oral traditions, and strong spiritual relationship with the land across regions of Paraguay, Brazil, and Argentina.
Referenced by (10)
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