Pipil people

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The Pipil people are an Indigenous Nahua-speaking group of Mesoamerica, primarily inhabiting western El Salvador and known for their pre-Columbian city-states, rich cultural traditions, and resistance to Spanish colonization.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Pipil 12
Pipil people canonical 10
Nahua-Pipil people 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous people
Mesoamerican people
Nahua people
capitalCityState Cuzcatlan
linked to: Cuzcatlán
colonialImpact Cultural suppression
Forced conversion to Christianity
Land dispossession
colonialPowerEncountered Spanish Empire
continent North America
country El Salvador
culturalArea Lower Central America
linked to: Central America
ethnicGroupOf El Salvador
heritage Pre-Columbian Mesoamerican civilization
historicalRegion Mesoamerica
Pipil Kingdom of Cuzcatlan
linked to: Pipil of Cuzcatlán
language Nawat language
languageFamily Uto-Aztecan languages
linked to: Uto-Aztecan
minorityStatus Indigenous minority in El Salvador
modernIssue Cultural revitalization efforts
Language endangerment
Struggle for land rights
notableEvent Spanish conquest of Cuzcatlan
politicalOrganization Chiefdoms
City-states
primaryRegion Central El Salvador
Western El Salvador
linked to: western El Salvador
recognizedAs Indigenous people of El Salvador
relatedEthnicGroup Aztec people
linked to: Mexica

Nahua peoples
linked to: Nahua

Nicarao people
religion Mesoamerican religion
Roman Catholicism
resistedConquestBy Pedro de Alvarado
timePeriod Colonial period in Central America
Pre-Columbian era
traditionalClothingFeature Cotton garments
traditionalCraft Ceramics
Maize-based cuisine
Textile weaving
traditionalCrop Beans
Maize
Squash
traditionalDance Ritual dances
traditionalEconomy Agriculture
traditionalMusic Indigenous Mesoamerican music
traditionalReligionFeature Ancestor veneration
Polytheism
Ritual ceremonies

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (24)

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

Mexicanero relatedEthnicGroup Pipil
linked to: Pipil people
Proto-Nahuan ancestorOf Pipil
linked to: Pipil people
Nahuatl hasPart Pipil
linked to: Pipil people
Pipil (Nawat) alsoKnownAs Pipil
linked to: Pipil people
Pipil (Nawat) ethnicGroup Pipil people
Proto-Aztecan ancestorOf Pipil
linked to: Pipil people
Cuscatlán usedByPeople Pipil
linked to: Pipil people
Nahuatl-speaking peoples includes Pipil people
Tlahuica people relatedEthnicGroup Pipil people
indigenous peoples of El Salvador ethnicGroup Pipil
linked to: Pipil people
Nawat language alternativeName Pipil
linked to: Pipil people
Nawat language historicallySpokenBy Pipil people
Nawat hasAlternativeName Pipil
linked to: Pipil people
Nawat traditionalSpeakers Pipil people
Nawat ethnicGroup Pipil
linked to: Pipil people
Náhuat de El Salvador alternativeName Pipil
linked to: Pipil people
Náhuat de El Salvador ethnicGroup Pipil people
Náhuat de El Salvador usedBy Pipil communities
linked to: Pipil people
Western El Salvador hasCulturalHeritage Pipil people
subject linked to: western El Salvador
Western El Salvador hasEthnicGroup Pipil
subject linked to: western El Salvador
linked to: Pipil people
Panchimalco ethnicGroup Nahua-Pipil people
linked to: Pipil people