Sawai people

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The Sawai people are an indigenous ethnic group of eastern Indonesia, traditionally living in parts of North Maluku and known for their distinct culture and language.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Sawai people canonical 3
Sawai ethnic group 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (38)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country Indonesia ⓘ
culturalRegion Maluku Islands ⓘ
ethnolinguisticGroup Austronesian peoples ⓘ
facingIssue cultural assimilation ⓘ
environmental degradation ⓘ
resource extraction pressures ⓘ
hasCulturalPractice collective resource management ⓘ
communal fishing activities ⓘ
hasCulturalValue close relationship with marine environment ⓘ
strong kinship ties ⓘ
hasCulture Sawai culture ⓘ
hasOralTradition folktales ⓘ
ritual chants ⓘ
songs ⓘ
hasTraditionalHouseLocation over water ⓘ
hasTraditionalHouseMaterial bamboo ⓘ
thatch ⓘ
wood ⓘ
hasTraditionalHouseType stilt houses ⓘ
language Sawai language ⓘ
languageFamily Austronesian languages ⓘ
languageRegion North Maluku ⓘ
languageStatus minority language ⓘ
locatedIn North Maluku ⓘ
eastern Indonesia ⓘ
partOf Indigenous peoples of Indonesia ⓘ
recognizedAs local indigenous community in Indonesia ⓘ
regionType coastal communities ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
traditionalLivelihood fishing ⓘ
sago cultivation ⓘ
small-scale agriculture ⓘ
traditionalRegion North Maluku ⓘ
usesEnvironment coastal forests ⓘ
coral reefs ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

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

Sawai language → spokenBy → Sawai people ⓘ
Sawai language → ethnicGroup → Sawai people ⓘ
Weda → usedBy → Sawai ethnic group ⓘ
linked to: Sawai people
Weda dialect → associatedEthnicity → Sawai people ⓘ