Achagua people

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The Achagua people are an Indigenous group of the Orinoco region in Colombia and Venezuela, traditionally semi-nomadic agriculturalists and fishers with a distinct Arawakan cultural and linguistic heritage.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous people
affectedBy Spanish colonization
continent South America
country Colombia
Venezuela
culturalHeritage Arawakan NERFINISHED
environment gallery forests
tropical savanna
ethnicGroupOf Colombia NERFINISHED
Venezuela NERFINISHED
hasAutonym Achagua NERFINISHED
hasCollectiveRightsRecognition Indigenous rights frameworks in Colombia
Indigenous rights frameworks in Venezuela
hasExonym Achawa NERFINISHED
hasLanguage Achagua language NERFINISHED
hasOralTradition myths and legends
hasTraditionalHousing communal houses
historicalTerritory Orinoco plains NERFINISHED
indigenousTo Llanos region NERFINISHED
languageBranch Northern Arawakan NERFINISHED
languageFamily Arawakan languages NERFINISHED
languageStatus endangered language
linguisticHeritage Arawakan NERFINISHED
locatedIn Orinoco region NERFINISHED
mobilityPattern seasonal movements
partOf Indigenous peoples of Colombia NERFINISHED
Indigenous peoples of Venezuela NERFINISHED
region Meta River basin NERFINISHED
relatedEthnicGroup Arawak people NERFINISHED
Piapoco people NERFINISHED
religion traditional animist beliefs
traditionalCrafts basketry
canoe building
ceramics
traditionalCrops maize
manioc
plantain
traditionalEconomy slash-and-burn agriculture
traditionalFishingMethods river fishing
traditionalHunting small game hunting
traditionalLeadership local chiefs
traditionalLifestyle semi-nomadic
traditionalSocialOrganization extended family groups
traditionalSubsistence agriculture
fishing
uses Achagua language NERFINISHED
usesRiverSystem Orinoco River NERFINISHED

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Achagua language spokenBy Achagua people