Tariana people

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The Tariana people are an Indigenous group of the northwest Amazon, primarily in Brazil, known for their Arawakan language, complex kinship systems, and riverine subsistence lifestyle.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Tariana people canonical 4
Tariana peoples 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous people ⓘ
agriculturalProduct maize ⓘ
manioc ⓘ
plantains ⓘ
arealLinguisticGroup Vaupés linguistic area ⓘ
borderRegion Brazil–Colombia border ⓘ
continent South America ⓘ
cosmologyFeature shamanism ⓘ
country Brazil ⓘ
Colombia ⓘ
culturalArea Upper Rio Negro cultural area ⓘ
culturalPractice initiation rites ⓘ
myth recitation ⓘ
ritual dances ⓘ
environment tropical rainforest ⓘ
ethnicity Tariana ⓘ
foodPreparation fermented manioc drink ⓘ
manioc bread ⓘ
hasNotableLinguistDocumenting Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald ⓘ
kinshipSystem complex kinship system ⓘ
language Tariana language ⓘ
languageFamily Arawakan languages ⓘ
languageStatus endangered language ⓘ
locatedIn northwest Amazon ⓘ
marriageRule linguistic exogamy ⓘ
materialCulture basketry ⓘ
canoe building ⓘ
ceremonial body painting ⓘ
neighboringGroup Baniwa people ⓘ
linked to: Baniwa peoples

Desana people ⓘ
Tukano people ⓘ
linked to: Tukano peoples
populationStatus small population ⓘ
region Upper Rio Negro region ⓘ
religion Protestantism ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
indigenous Amazonian beliefs ⓘ
riverineSettlement Içana River ⓘ
Uaupés River ⓘ
linked to: Apaporis River
socialOrganization exogamous sibs ⓘ
traditionalHousing communal longhouse ⓘ
traditionalSubsistence gathering ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
riverine fishing ⓘ
swidden agriculture ⓘ
usesWritingSystem Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

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

Tariana language → ethnicGroup → Tariana people ⓘ
Tariano → spokenBy → Tariana people ⓘ
Tariano → ethnicGroup → Tariana people ⓘ
Curripaco people → relatedEthnicGroup → Tariana people ⓘ
Vaupés River → hasIndigenousCommunitiesAlong → Tariana peoples ⓘ
linked to: Tariana people