Yine

E908806

Yine are an indigenous people of the Peruvian Amazon, known for their Arawakan language and traditional riverine livelihoods in the Ucayali and surrounding regions.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Yine canonical 10
yine 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group
indigenous people
continent South America
country Peru
countryOfficial Peru
culturalPractice ritual ceremonies
riverine navigation by canoe
swidden agriculture
traditional fishing techniques
culturalRegion Amazonian lowlands of Peru
linked to: Peruvian Amazon
economicActivity artisanal production
small-scale trade
subsistence farming
ethnographicRegion Peruvian Amazon
geographicDistribution lowland tropical rainforest
hasAlternativeName Piro
hasAutonym Yine
language Yine language
languageFamily Arawakan languages
linguisticClassification Maipurean language family
linked to: Maipurean languages
populationStatus small indigenous population
primaryEnvironment Amazon rainforest
recognizedAsIndigenousPeopleBy Peruvian state
linked to: Peru
region Cusco region
linked to: Cusco Region

Madre de Dios region
Ucayali River basin
linked to: Ucayali River
religion Christianity
indigenous animist beliefs
riverAssociation Madre de Dios River
Ucayali River
Urubamba River
threats cultural assimilation pressures
deforestation
resource extraction
traditionalHousing stilted wooden houses
thatched-roof houses
traditionalLivelihood fishing
gathering
hunting
riverine subsistence
small-scale agriculture
usesLanguageFor daily communication
oral tradition

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (11)

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

Eastern Peru hasIndigenousPeoples Yine
subject linked to: eastern Peru
Yine people hasAutonym Yine
Piro ISO639-3Code yine
linked to: Yine
Piro hasAlternateName Yine
Yine hasAutonym Yine