Kariña

E1031772

Kariña refers to the Indigenous Carib-speaking people native to parts of northeastern South America, particularly in present-day Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Kariña canonical 4
Kaliña 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Amerindian people ⓘ
Indigenous people ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
affectedBy European colonization of the Americas ⓘ
alternativeName Carib ⓘ
Galibi ⓘ
Kalin’a ⓘ
Kali’na ⓘ
linked to: Kalin’a

Mainland Caribs ⓘ
linked to: Carib peoples
continent South America ⓘ
country French Guiana ⓘ
Guyana ⓘ
Suriname ⓘ
Venezuela ⓘ
culturalPractice body painting ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ
ritual dances ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf French Guiana ⓘ
Guyana ⓘ
Suriname ⓘ
Venezuela ⓘ
hasAutonym Kalin’a ⓘ
Kariña ⓘ
historicalContactWith Dutch colonizers ⓘ
French colonizers ⓘ
Portuguese colonizers ⓘ
Spanish colonizers ⓘ
languageFamily Cariban languages ⓘ
linked to: Carib languages
languageStatus endangered ⓘ
nativeLanguage Kariña language ⓘ
partOf Carib peoples ⓘ
recognizedAsIndigenousPeopleIn French Guiana ⓘ
Guyana ⓘ
Suriname ⓘ
Venezuela ⓘ
region northeastern South America ⓘ
religion animism ⓘ
shamanism ⓘ
traditionalCrop cassava ⓘ
traditionalHousing communal houses ⓘ
traditionalRegion Guiana Shield ⓘ
Orinoco River basin ⓘ
linked to: Orinoco Basin

coastal lowlands of northeastern South America ⓘ
traditionalSubsistence fishing ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
shifting cultivation ⓘ
UNESCOLanguageStatus vulnerable ⓘ
writingSystemUsed Latin script ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

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

Kare → hasAlternativeName → Kariña ⓘ
Wayana → neighboringPeoples → Kaliña ⓘ
linked to: Kariña
Kariña → hasAutonym → Kariña ⓘ