Mojeño

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Mojeño refers to an Indigenous people and their closely related Arawakan languages native to the Bolivian lowlands, particularly in the Beni region.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Mojeño canonical 3
Mojeño Trinitario 2
Mojeño Loretano 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Arawakan language group
Indigenous people
altName Mojeno
Moxeños
Moxos people
associatedMissionTown Loreto
San Ignacio de Moxos
San Javier
Trinidad
autonym Moxeño
continent South America
country Bolivia
countryOfficialRecognition recognized Indigenous people of Bolivia
culturalPractice festivals blending Catholic and Indigenous traditions
culturalRegion Amazon Basin
Gran Chaco and adjacent lowlands
ethnolinguisticGroup Arawakan peoples
linked to: Arawak
governedBy Indigenous community authorities
hasDialect Ignaciano
Javierano
Loretano
Trinitario
hasLanguage Mojeño Ignaciano
Mojeño Javierano
Mojeño Loretano
linked to: Mojeño

Mojeño Trinitario
linked to: Mojeño
historicalContact Jesuit missionaries
historicalEvent Jesuit missions of Moxos
languageFamily Arawakan languages
languageStatus endangered
linguisticBranch Southern Arawakan
linguisticTypology agglutinative language
locatedIn Beni Department
Bolivian lowlands
linked to: northern Bolivia
partOf Indigenous peoples of Bolivia
Indigenous peoples of the Amazon
primarySubsistence agriculture
fishing
gathering
hunting
region Moxos Plains
linked to: Llanos de Moxos
religion Roman Catholicism
traditional Indigenous beliefs
traditionalHousing stilt houses in floodplain areas
traditionalTerritory Beni River basin
linked to: Beni River

Mamore River region
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

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

Moxeño alternateName Mojeño
Mojeño hasLanguage Mojeño Trinitario
linked to: Mojeño
Mojeño hasLanguage Mojeño Loretano
linked to: Mojeño
Moxeno hasAlternativeName Mojeño
Trinitario alternateName Mojeño Trinitario
linked to: Mojeño