Bribri

E162018

The Bribri are an Indigenous people of southern Costa Rica and northern Panama known for their Chibchan language, matrilineal social structure, and rich rainforest-based cultural traditions.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Bribri people 18
Bribri language 9
Bribri canonical 6

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous people ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
cosmology based on Sibö (Sibu) creator deity ⓘ
country Costa Rica ⓘ
Panama ⓘ
culturalArea Central America ⓘ
culturalTraditions cacao ceremonies ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ
rainforest-based knowledge ⓘ
shamanism ⓘ
economy small-scale agriculture and cacao production ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf Costa Rica ⓘ
Panama ⓘ
facesIssue environmental threats to rainforest ⓘ
land rights conflicts ⓘ
hasEndangeredLanguage Bribri language ⓘ
linked to: Bribri
kinshipSystem matrilineal descent ⓘ
knowledgeSystem traditional ecological knowledge ⓘ
languageFamily Chibchan languages ⓘ
locatedIn northern Panama ⓘ
southern Costa Rica ⓘ
partOf Chibchan cultural area ⓘ
populationCenter Cabagra Indigenous Territory ⓘ
Kekoldi Indigenous Territory ⓘ
Salitre Indigenous Territory ⓘ
Talamanca Indigenous Territory ⓘ
primaryHabitat tropical rainforest ⓘ
recognizedAsIndigenousPeopleBy Costa Rican government ⓘ
Panamanian government ⓘ
region Bocas del Toro region ⓘ
Caribbean slope of Costa Rica ⓘ
Talamanca Mountains ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Buglé ⓘ
Cabécar ⓘ
Ngäbe ⓘ
religion Bribri traditional religion ⓘ
socialStructure matrilineal ⓘ
speaks Bribri language ⓘ
linked to: Bribri
traditionalAuthority awa (shaman) leaders ⓘ
traditionalCrop cacao ⓘ
maize ⓘ
plantain ⓘ
traditionalHousing conical thatched houses ⓘ
traditionalSubsistence agriculture ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
gathering ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
traditionalTerritory Talamanca region ⓘ
usesLanguageScript Latin alphabet ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (34)

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

Chibchan languages → languageFamilyOf → Bribri language ⓘ
linked to: Bribri
Cabécar → relatedGroups → Bribri people ⓘ
linked to: Bribri
Diquís culture → associatedWith → Bribri people ⓘ
linked to: Bribri
Bribri → speaks → Bribri language ⓘ
linked to: Bribri
Bribri → hasEndangeredLanguage → Bribri language ⓘ
linked to: Bribri
Chibchan peoples → hasPart → Bribri people ⓘ
linked to: Bribri
Indigenous people of Costa Rica → hasEthnicGroup → Bribri people ⓘ
linked to: Bribri
Indigenous people of Costa Rica → language → Bribri language ⓘ
linked to: Bribri
Bocas del Toro Province → hasEthnicGroup → Bribri people ⓘ
linked to: Bribri
Ngäbe-Buglé people → neighboringGroup → Bribri people ⓘ
linked to: Bribri
Talamanca mountain range → homeTo → Bribri people ⓘ
linked to: Bribri
Cabécar language → closelyRelatedTo → Bribri language ⓘ
linked to: Bribri
Western Panama → ethnicGroup → Bribri people ⓘ
subject linked to: western Panama
linked to: Bribri
Spanish conquest of Costa Rica → conflictWith → Bribri people ⓘ
linked to: Bribri
Salitre Indigenous Territory → inhabitedBy → Bribri people ⓘ
linked to: Bribri
Salitre Indigenous Territory → hasOfficialLanguage → Bribri language ⓘ
linked to: Bribri
Salitre Indigenous Territory → governedBy → Bribri traditional authorities ⓘ
linked to: Bribri
Bribri traditional religion → practicedBy → Bribri people ⓘ
linked to: Bribri
Bribri traditional religion → ritualLanguage → Bribri language ⓘ
linked to: Bribri
Bribri traditional religion → usesLanguage → Bribri language ⓘ
linked to: Bribri
Talamanca Indigenous Territory → inhabitedBy → Bribri people ⓘ
linked to: Bribri
Talamanca Indigenous Territory → majorHomelandOf → Bribri people ⓘ
linked to: Bribri
Talamanca Indigenous Territory → culturalCenterFor → Bribri people ⓘ
linked to: Bribri
Talamanca Indigenous Territory → languageUsed → Bribri language ⓘ
linked to: Bribri
Chibchan cultural area → inhabitedBy → Bribri people ⓘ
linked to: Bribri
Cabécar people → relatedEthnicGroup → Bribri people ⓘ
linked to: Bribri
Chibchan → includesLanguage → Bribri ⓘ
Chorotega → neighboringGroup → Bribri people ⓘ
linked to: Bribri
Buenos Aires Canton → hasEthnicGroup → Bribri people ⓘ
linked to: Bribri