Bribri

E162018

The Bribri are an Indigenous people of southern Costa Rica and northern Panama known for their Chibchan language, matrilineal social structure, and rich rainforest-based cultural traditions.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Bribri people 6
Bribri language 4
Bribri canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous people ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
cosmology based on Sibö (Sibu) creator deity ⓘ
country Costa Rica ⓘ
Panama ⓘ
culturalArea Central America ⓘ
culturalTraditions cacao ceremonies ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ
rainforest-based knowledge ⓘ
shamanism ⓘ
economy small-scale agriculture and cacao production ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf Costa Rica ⓘ
Panama ⓘ
facesIssue environmental threats to rainforest ⓘ
land rights conflicts ⓘ
hasEndangeredLanguage Bribri self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Bribri language
kinshipSystem matrilineal descent ⓘ
knowledgeSystem traditional ecological knowledge ⓘ
languageFamily Chibchan languages ⓘ
locatedIn northern Panama ⓘ
southern Costa Rica ⓘ
partOf Chibchan cultural area ⓘ
populationCenter Talamanca Indigenous Territory ⓘ
surface form: Cabagra Indigenous Territory

Talamanca Indigenous Territory ⓘ
surface form: Kekoldi Indigenous Territory

Salitre Indigenous Territory ⓘ
Talamanca Indigenous Territory ⓘ
primaryHabitat tropical rainforest ⓘ
recognizedAsIndigenousPeopleBy Government of Costa Rica ⓘ
surface form: Costa Rican government

Government of Panama ⓘ
surface form: Panamanian government
region Bocas del Toro Province ⓘ
surface form: Bocas del Toro region

Caribbean coast of Costa Rica ⓘ
surface form: Caribbean slope of Costa Rica

Talamanca mountain range ⓘ
surface form: Talamanca Mountains
relatedEthnicGroup Buglé ⓘ
Cabécar ⓘ
Ngäbe ⓘ
religion Bribri traditional religion ⓘ
socialStructure matrilineal ⓘ
speaks Bribri self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Bribri language
traditionalAuthority awa (shaman) leaders ⓘ
traditionalCrop cacao ⓘ
maize ⓘ
plantain ⓘ
traditionalHousing conical thatched houses ⓘ
traditionalSubsistence agriculture ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
gathering ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
traditionalTerritory Talamanca region ⓘ
usesLanguageScript Latin alphabet ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (12)

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

Chibchan languages → languageFamilyOf → Bribri ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bribri language
Cabécar → relatedGroups → Bribri ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bribri people
Diquís culture → associatedWith → Bribri ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bribri people
Bribri → speaks → Bribri self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bribri language
Bribri → hasEndangeredLanguage → Bribri self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bribri language
Chibchan peoples → hasPart → Bribri ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bribri people
Indigenous people of Costa Rica → hasEthnicGroup → Bribri ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bribri people
Indigenous people of Costa Rica → language → Bribri ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bribri language
Bocas del Toro Province → hasEthnicGroup → Bribri ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bribri people
Ngäbe-Buglé people → neighboringGroup → Bribri ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bribri people