Achagua

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Achagua are an Indigenous people of the Orinoco region in Colombia and Venezuela, traditionally known for their riverine lifestyle, agriculture, and distinct Arawakan language.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Achagua canonical 8

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous people ⓘ
affectedBy frontier expansion in the Orinoco region ⓘ
missionary activity ⓘ
continent South America ⓘ
country Colombia ⓘ
Venezuela ⓘ
culturalArea Amazon–Orinoco transitional zone ⓘ
culturalRegion Llanos ⓘ
linked to: Los Llanos
environment tropical savanna and riverine forests ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf Colombia ⓘ
Venezuela ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Achawa (variant spelling) ⓘ
linked to: Achawa
hasEthnonym Achagua ⓘ
hasWritingSystem Latin script (for Achagua language, in modern use) ⓘ
historicalContactWith Spanish colonizers ⓘ
indigenousTo Orinoco region ⓘ
linked to: Orinoco Basin
languageFamily Arawakan languages ⓘ
languageStatus endangered ⓘ
linguisticBranch Northern Arawakan ⓘ
minorityStatusIn Colombia ⓘ
Venezuela ⓘ
partOf Indigenous peoples of the Orinoco basin ⓘ
region Orinoco River basin ⓘ
linked to: Orinoco Basin
relatedEthnicGroup Arawak (Lokono) ⓘ
linked to: Lokono

Baniwa ⓘ
linked to: Kurripako-Baniwa

Piapoco ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
traditional animist beliefs ⓘ
speaks Achagua language ⓘ
traditionalCrafts basketry ⓘ
canoe building ⓘ
weaving ⓘ
traditionalCrops maize ⓘ
manioc ⓘ
plantains ⓘ
yams ⓘ
traditionalEconomy small-scale agriculture ⓘ
traditionalHousing communal houses ⓘ
traditionalLifestyle riverine lifestyle ⓘ
traditionalSocialOrganization village-based communities ⓘ
traditionalSubsistence agriculture ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
gathering ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
uses dugout canoes ⓘ
usesWaterwaysFor fishing ⓘ
usesWaterwaysFor transportation ⓘ

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