Achagua people

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The Achagua people are an Indigenous group of the Orinoco region in Colombia and Venezuela, traditionally semi-nomadic agriculturalists and fishers with a distinct Arawakan cultural and linguistic heritage.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Achagua people canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous people ⓘ
affectedBy Spanish colonization ⓘ
continent South America ⓘ
country Colombia ⓘ
Venezuela ⓘ
culturalHeritage Arawakan ⓘ
linked to: Arawakan languages
environment gallery forests ⓘ
tropical savanna ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf Colombia ⓘ
Venezuela ⓘ
hasAutonym Achagua ⓘ
hasCollectiveRightsRecognition Indigenous rights frameworks in Colombia ⓘ
Indigenous rights frameworks in Venezuela ⓘ
hasExonym Achawa ⓘ
hasLanguage Achagua language ⓘ
hasOralTradition myths and legends ⓘ
hasTraditionalHousing communal houses ⓘ
historicalTerritory Orinoco plains ⓘ
indigenousTo Llanos region ⓘ
linked to: Los Llanos
languageBranch Northern Arawakan ⓘ
languageFamily Arawakan languages ⓘ
languageStatus endangered language ⓘ
linguisticHeritage Arawakan ⓘ
linked to: Arawakan languages
locatedIn Orinoco region ⓘ
linked to: Orinoco Basin
mobilityPattern seasonal movements ⓘ
partOf Indigenous peoples of Colombia ⓘ
Indigenous peoples of Venezuela ⓘ
region Meta River basin ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Arawak people ⓘ
linked to: Arawak

Piapoco people ⓘ
religion traditional animist beliefs ⓘ
traditionalCrafts basketry ⓘ
canoe building ⓘ
ceramics ⓘ
traditionalCrops maize ⓘ
manioc ⓘ
plantain ⓘ
traditionalEconomy slash-and-burn agriculture ⓘ
traditionalFishingMethods river fishing ⓘ
traditionalHunting small game hunting ⓘ
traditionalLeadership local chiefs ⓘ
traditionalLifestyle semi-nomadic ⓘ
traditionalSocialOrganization extended family groups ⓘ
traditionalSubsistence agriculture ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
uses Achagua language ⓘ
usesRiverSystem Orinoco River ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

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

Achagua language → spokenBy → Achagua people ⓘ
Achagua-Achagua → spokenBy → Achagua people ⓘ