Pucikwar people

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The Pucikwar people are an indigenous community of the Andaman Islands, traditionally living by hunting, gathering, and fishing and speaking the Pucikwar language.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Pucikwar people canonical 3
Pucikwar tribe 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group
indigenous people
tribal community
associatedLanguageStatus endangered
continent Asia
country India
culturalArea Andamanese cultural area
linked to: Andaman Islands
ethnicGroupOf Andaman and Nicobar Islands
ethnolinguisticGroup Great Andamanese
hasAutonym Pucikwar
hasExonym Puchikwar
linked to: Pucikwar

Pujjukar
historicalLifestyle nomadic or semi-nomadic
indigenousTo Andaman Islands
language Pucikwar language
languageFamily Great Andamanese languages
locatedIn Andaman Islands
India
partOf Andamanese peoples
linked to: Andamanese
populationTrend declining
recognizedAs Scheduled Tribe of India
linked to: Scheduled Tribes
region Bay of Bengal
relatedGroup Great Andamanese people
linked to: Great Andamanese
religionType animism
traditional indigenous beliefs
status indigenous minority
threats cultural assimilation
disease
loss of traditional lands
traditionalEconomyType subsistence economy
traditionalEnvironment coastal ecosystems
tropical rainforest
traditionalFoodSources fish
forest products
shellfish
wild game
traditionalKnowledge forest ecology
marine resources
traditionalLifestyle fishing
gathering
hunting
traditionalSettlementType coastal settlements
small villages
traditionalSubsistence foraging
hunting terrestrial animals
marine fishing
traditionalToolUse bows and arrows
canoes

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Referenced by (4)

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

Pucikwar spokenBy Pucikwar people
Pucikwar ethnicGroup Pucikwar people
Pucikwar usedBy Pucikwar tribe
linked to: Pucikwar people
Bo people relatedGroup Pucikwar people