Warekena

E618339
Indigenous people

The Warekena are an Indigenous people of the Amazon region, primarily living along rivers in Brazil and Venezuela, known for their distinct Arawakan language and traditional riverine lifestyle.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Warekana 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous people ⓘ
continent South America ⓘ
country Brazil ⓘ
Venezuela ⓘ
culturalArea Upper Rio Negro cultural area NERFINISHED ⓘ
economy subsistence economy ⓘ
environment riverine ecosystems ⓘ
tropical rainforest ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf Brazil NERFINISHED ⓘ
Venezuela NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasEthnonymVariant Guarequena NERFINISHED ⓘ
Uarekena NERFINISHED ⓘ
Warequena NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasOralTradition myths ⓘ
ritual narratives ⓘ
language Warekena language NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageBranch Northern Arawakan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageFamily Arawakan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageStatus endangered ⓘ
locatedIn Amazon region NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rio Negro basin NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Arawakan cultural sphere NERFINISHED ⓘ
recognizedAs Indigenous people of Brazil ⓘ
Indigenous people of Venezuela ⓘ
region northwestern Amazon ⓘ
upper Rio Negro NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Baniwa NERFINISHED ⓘ
Baré NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tariana NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion animism ⓘ
shamanism ⓘ
socialOrganization kin-based groups ⓘ
traditionalCraft basketry ⓘ
canoe building ⓘ
weaving ⓘ
traditionalHousing communal houses ⓘ
traditionalLifestyle riverine lifestyle ⓘ
traditionalSubsistence fishing ⓘ
gathering ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
shifting cultivation ⓘ
usesRiverFor fishing ⓘ
trade ⓘ
transportation ⓘ
writingSystem Latin alphabet ⓘ
surface form: Latin script

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Warekena language → ethnicGroup → Warekena ⓘ
Warekena language → glottologName → Warekena ⓘ
Warekena language → hasAlternativeName → Warekena ⓘ
this entity surface form: Warekana