Guaymí

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Guaymí, more commonly known today as the Ngäbe or Ngäbere people, are an Indigenous group of Central America primarily living in Panama and Costa Rica, recognized for their distinct language, traditional dress, and communal agricultural lifestyle.

Aliases (3)

Statements (48)
Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous people
ethnic group
alternateName Ngäbe
Ngäbere people
autonymLanguageCode ISO 639-3: gym
colonialHistory subject to Spanish colonization
continent North America
country Costa Rica
Panama
culturalFeature communal agricultural lifestyle
distinct language
distinct traditional dress
culturalRegion Mesoamerica
currentLanguageName Ngäbere language
endonymScript Latin script
ethnonymLanguage Spanish
hasPhoneme ä (central vowel)
heritageStatus Indigenous cultural heritage group
historicalLanguageName Guaymí language
language Ngäbere
languageFamily Chibchan languages
linguisticStatus minority language speakers
migrationPattern internal migration within Panama
seasonal labor migration
partOf Ngäbe-Buglé people
politicalStatusInPanama recognized Indigenous comarca
populationCenter Ngäbe-Buglé Comarca
primaryHabitat mountainous regions
rural areas
recognizedAs Indigenous people of Costa Rica
Indigenous people of Panama
region Central America
relatedGroup Buglé people
religion Christianity
indigenous beliefs
selfDesignation Ngäbe
socialOrganization communal land tenure
extended family households
stapleCrop beans
maize
plantains
traditionalCraft basket weaving
beadwork
textile production
traditionalDress nagua
paruma
traditionalEconomy communal agriculture
subsistence agriculture

Referenced by (9)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Ngäbe
Ngäbere
Ngäbere language
alternateName
Ngobe ("Guaymí people")
Ngäbere ("Guaymí people")
ethnicGroup
Ngäbe people
alternativeName
Kuna language ("Guaymí language")
closelyRelatedTo
Ngobe
exonym
Ngäbere ("Guaymiic")
subfamily

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