Pipil people

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The Pipil people are an Indigenous Nahua-speaking group of Mesoamerica, primarily inhabiting western El Salvador and known for their pre-Columbian city-states, rich cultural traditions, and resistance to Spanish colonization.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Pipil 12
Pipil people canonical 10
Nahua-Pipil people 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous people ⓘ
Mesoamerican people ⓘ
Nahua people ⓘ
capitalCityState Cuzcatlan ⓘ
linked to: Cuzcatlán
colonialImpact Cultural suppression ⓘ
Forced conversion to Christianity ⓘ
Land dispossession ⓘ
colonialPowerEncountered Spanish Empire ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country El Salvador ⓘ
culturalArea Lower Central America ⓘ
linked to: Central America
ethnicGroupOf El Salvador ⓘ
heritage Pre-Columbian Mesoamerican civilization ⓘ
historicalRegion Mesoamerica ⓘ
Pipil Kingdom of Cuzcatlan ⓘ
linked to: Pipil of Cuzcatlán
language Nawat language ⓘ
languageFamily Uto-Aztecan languages ⓘ
linked to: Uto-Aztecan
minorityStatus Indigenous minority in El Salvador ⓘ
modernIssue Cultural revitalization efforts ⓘ
Language endangerment ⓘ
Struggle for land rights ⓘ
notableEvent Spanish conquest of Cuzcatlan ⓘ
politicalOrganization Chiefdoms ⓘ
City-states ⓘ
primaryRegion Central El Salvador ⓘ
Western El Salvador ⓘ
linked to: western El Salvador
recognizedAs Indigenous people of El Salvador ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Aztec people ⓘ
linked to: Mexica

Nahua peoples ⓘ
linked to: Nahua

Nicarao people ⓘ
religion Mesoamerican religion ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
resistedConquestBy Pedro de Alvarado ⓘ
timePeriod Colonial period in Central America ⓘ
Pre-Columbian era ⓘ
traditionalClothingFeature Cotton garments ⓘ
traditionalCraft Ceramics ⓘ
Maize-based cuisine ⓘ
Textile weaving ⓘ
traditionalCrop Beans ⓘ
Maize ⓘ
Squash ⓘ
traditionalDance Ritual dances ⓘ
traditionalEconomy Agriculture ⓘ
traditionalMusic Indigenous Mesoamerican music ⓘ
traditionalReligionFeature Ancestor veneration ⓘ
Polytheism ⓘ
Ritual ceremonies ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (24)

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

Mexicanero → relatedEthnicGroup → Pipil ⓘ
linked to: Pipil people
Proto-Nahuan → ancestorOf → Pipil ⓘ
linked to: Pipil people
Nahuatl → hasPart → Pipil ⓘ
linked to: Pipil people
Pipil (Nawat) → alsoKnownAs → Pipil ⓘ
linked to: Pipil people
Pipil (Nawat) → ethnicGroup → Pipil people ⓘ
Proto-Aztecan → ancestorOf → Pipil ⓘ
linked to: Pipil people
Cuscatlán → usedByPeople → Pipil ⓘ
linked to: Pipil people
Nahuatl-speaking peoples → includes → Pipil people ⓘ
Tlahuica people → relatedEthnicGroup → Pipil people ⓘ
indigenous peoples of El Salvador → ethnicGroup → Pipil ⓘ
linked to: Pipil people
Nawat language → alternativeName → Pipil ⓘ
linked to: Pipil people
Nawat language → historicallySpokenBy → Pipil people ⓘ
Nawat → hasAlternativeName → Pipil ⓘ
linked to: Pipil people
Nawat → traditionalSpeakers → Pipil people ⓘ
Nawat → ethnicGroup → Pipil ⓘ
linked to: Pipil people
Náhuat de El Salvador → alternativeName → Pipil ⓘ
linked to: Pipil people
Náhuat de El Salvador → ethnicGroup → Pipil people ⓘ
Náhuat de El Salvador → usedBy → Pipil communities ⓘ
linked to: Pipil people
Western El Salvador → hasCulturalHeritage → Pipil people ⓘ
subject linked to: western El Salvador
Western El Salvador → hasEthnicGroup → Pipil ⓘ
subject linked to: western El Salvador
linked to: Pipil people
Panchimalco → ethnicGroup → Nahua-Pipil people ⓘ
linked to: Pipil people