Tariana people

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The Tariana people are an Indigenous group of the northwest Amazon, primarily in Brazil, known for their Arawakan language, complex kinship systems, and riverine subsistence lifestyle.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Tariana people canonical 4
Tariana peoples 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous people
agriculturalProduct maize
manioc
plantains
arealLinguisticGroup Vaupés linguistic area
borderRegion Brazil–Colombia border
continent South America
cosmologyFeature shamanism
country Brazil
Colombia
culturalArea Upper Rio Negro cultural area
culturalPractice initiation rites
myth recitation
ritual dances
environment tropical rainforest
ethnicity Tariana
foodPreparation fermented manioc drink
manioc bread
hasNotableLinguistDocumenting Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald
kinshipSystem complex kinship system
language Tariana language
languageFamily Arawakan languages
languageStatus endangered language
locatedIn northwest Amazon
marriageRule linguistic exogamy
materialCulture basketry
canoe building
ceremonial body painting
neighboringGroup Baniwa people
linked to: Baniwa peoples

Desana people
Tukano people
linked to: Tukano peoples
populationStatus small population
region Upper Rio Negro region
religion Protestantism
Roman Catholicism
indigenous Amazonian beliefs
riverineSettlement Içana River
Uaupés River
linked to: Apaporis River
socialOrganization exogamous sibs
traditionalHousing communal longhouse
traditionalSubsistence gathering
hunting
riverine fishing
swidden agriculture
usesWritingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

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

Tariana language ethnicGroup Tariana people
Tariano spokenBy Tariana people
Tariano ethnicGroup Tariana people
Curripaco people relatedEthnicGroup Tariana people
Vaupés River hasIndigenousCommunitiesAlong Tariana peoples
linked to: Tariana people