Kari’ña

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The Kari’ña are an Indigenous people of northern South America, particularly in the Guianas and eastern Venezuela, known for their Cariban language and rich traditions of riverine and forest-based living.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Kari’ña canonical 2
Kari'ña 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Amerindian people
Indigenous people
continent South America
facingIssue environmental degradation of territories
land rights conflicts
language endangerment
hasAlternativeName Carib
Carina
Galibi
Kalin’a
Kariña
hasCulturalArea Guiana Shield
hasCulturalPractice craft production
oral tradition
ritual dances
shamanism
hasLanguage Kari’ña language
hasPopulationRegion French Guiana
Guyana
Suriname
Venezuela
hasReligion Christianity
traditional animist beliefs
inhabitsRegion French Guiana
Guyana
Suriname
eastern Venezuela
northern South America
the Guianas
linked to: Guianas
isPartOf Carib peoples
languageFamilyOfLanguage Kari’ña language
relatedEthnicGroup Kalinago
Makushi
Ye’kwana
speaksLanguageFamily Cariban languages
traditionalCraft basketry
canoe building
wood carving
traditionalHousing communal houses
traditionalLifestyle forest-based living
riverine living
traditionalSubsistence fishing
gathering forest products
hunting
shifting cultivation
usesWritingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Kare hasAlternativeName Kari'ña
linked to: Kari’ña
Northern Cariban hasLanguage Kari’ña