Akawaio

E558288
Cariban language Indigenous people

The Akawaio are an Indigenous people of the Guiana Highlands in Guyana, Venezuela, and Brazil, known for their Cariban language and traditional forest-based way of life.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Akawayo 1
Akuriyó 1
Akawaio language 0

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Cariban language ⓘ
Indigenous people ⓘ
continent South America ⓘ
country Brazil ⓘ
Guyana NERFINISHED ⓘ
Venezuela ⓘ
culturalPractice communal festivals ⓘ
ritual dances ⓘ
shamanism ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf Brazil NERFINISHED ⓘ
Guyana NERFINISHED ⓘ
Venezuela NERFINISHED ⓘ
governedBy village councils ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Acawai NERFINISHED ⓘ
Acawayo NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kapon NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasAutonym Ingarikó NERFINISHED ⓘ
language Akawaio language NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageFamily Cariban languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn Guiana Highlands NERFINISHED ⓘ
oralTradition myths and legends about forest and river spirits ⓘ
partOf Indigenous peoples of the Guianas NERFINISHED ⓘ
primarySubsistence fishing ⓘ
gathering forest products ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
shifting cultivation ⓘ
region Cuyuni-Mazaruni region NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Makushi NERFINISHED ⓘ
Patamona NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pemon NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
traditional animist beliefs ⓘ
rightsIssue land rights recognition ⓘ
socialOrganization village-based communities ⓘ
threat deforestation ⓘ
loss of traditional lands ⓘ
mining activities ⓘ
traditionalCrop bananas ⓘ
cassava ⓘ
maize ⓘ
traditionalFoodProduct cassava beer ⓘ
cassava bread ⓘ
traditionalHousing thatched houses ⓘ
traditionalLifestyle forest-based way of life ⓘ
usesEnvironment tropical rainforest ⓘ
usesMaterialCulture bows and arrows ⓘ
canoes ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

Pemon → neighboringIndigenousPeoples → Akawaio ⓘ
Indigenous peoples of the Guianas → includesEthnicGroup → Akawaio ⓘ
Tiriyó language → hasDialects → Akawaio ⓘ
this entity surface form: Akuriyó
Akawaio language → alternativeName → Akawaio ⓘ
this entity surface form: Akawayo
Akawaio language → ethnicGroup → Akawaio ⓘ
Akawaio language → glottologName → Akawaio ⓘ