Pucikwar people

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The Pucikwar people are an indigenous community of the Andaman Islands, traditionally living by hunting, gathering, and fishing and speaking the Pucikwar language.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Pucikwar people canonical 2
Pucikwar tribe 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group
indigenous people
tribal community
associatedLanguageStatus endangered
continent Asia
country India
culturalArea Andamanese cultural area NERFINISHED
ethnicGroupOf Andaman and Nicobar Islands NERFINISHED
ethnolinguisticGroup Great Andamanese NERFINISHED
hasAutonym Pucikwar NERFINISHED
hasExonym Puchikwar NERFINISHED
Pujjukar NERFINISHED
historicalLifestyle nomadic or semi-nomadic
indigenousTo Andaman Islands NERFINISHED
language Pucikwar language NERFINISHED
languageFamily Great Andamanese languages NERFINISHED
locatedIn Andaman Islands NERFINISHED
India
partOf Andamanese peoples NERFINISHED
populationTrend declining
recognizedAs Scheduled Tribe of India NERFINISHED
region Bay of Bengal NERFINISHED
relatedGroup Great Andamanese people NERFINISHED
religionType animism
traditional indigenous beliefs
status indigenous minority
threats cultural assimilation
disease
loss of traditional lands
traditionalEconomyType subsistence economy
traditionalEnvironment coastal ecosystems
tropical rainforest
traditionalFoodSources fish
forest products
shellfish
wild game
traditionalKnowledge forest ecology
marine resources
traditionalLifestyle fishing
gathering
hunting
traditionalSettlementType coastal settlements
small villages
traditionalSubsistence foraging
hunting terrestrial animals
marine fishing
traditionalToolUse bows and arrows
canoes

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Referenced by (3)

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

Pucikwar spokenBy Pucikwar people
Pucikwar ethnicGroup Pucikwar people
Pucikwar usedBy Pucikwar people
this entity surface form: Pucikwar tribe