Tiriyó
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The Tiriyó are an Indigenous people of the Guiana Shield region, living primarily in the border areas of Brazil and Suriname and known for their distinct Cariban language and forest-based way of life.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tiriyó canonical | 3 |
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | Indigenous people ⓘ |
| continent | South America ⓘ |
| country |
Brazil
ⓘ
Suriname NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culturalArea | Lowland South America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| diet | manioc-based foods ⓘ |
| economicActivity |
craft production
ⓘ
small-scale agriculture ⓘ |
| environment | tropical rainforest ⓘ |
| ethnicGroupOf |
Brazil
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Suriname NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| housingType | communal village settlements ⓘ |
| language | Tiriyó language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Cariban languages ⓘ |
| languageStatus | indigenous language ⓘ |
| linguisticBranch | Tiriyoan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Amazon rainforest
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Guiana Shield NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| neighboringIndigenousPeoples |
Akurio
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kaxuyana NERFINISHED ⓘ Wayana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Cariban-speaking peoples ⓘ |
| primaryResidence | Brazil–Suriname border region ⓘ |
| recognizedAs |
Indigenous people of Brazil
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Indigenous people of Suriname NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region |
Northern Brazil
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Southern Suriname NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion |
Christianity
ⓘ
traditional animist beliefs ⓘ |
| selfDesignation | Tiriyó NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| socialOrganization | village-based communities ⓘ |
| traditionalKnowledge |
forest ecology
ⓘ
medicinal plants ⓘ |
| traditionalLifestyle | forest-based way of life ⓘ |
| traditionalSubsistence |
fishing
ⓘ
gathering forest products ⓘ hunting ⓘ shifting cultivation ⓘ |
| transport | river travel by canoe ⓘ |
| uses | slash-and-burn agriculture ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Latin script (for the Tiriyó language) ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.