Hixkaryana people
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The Hixkaryana people are an indigenous group of the Amazon rainforest in Brazil, known for their unique culture and for speaking a Cariban language with an unusual object–verb–subject word order.
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Amerindian people
ⓘ
indigenous people ⓘ |
| associatedLanguageCode | hix ⓘ |
| continent | South America ⓘ |
| country | Brazil ⓘ |
| countrySubdivision | State of Pará NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culturalArea | Lowland South American cultures ⓘ |
| ethnicGroupOf | Brazil NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| geographicFeature | tropical rainforest ⓘ |
| hasEndonym | Hixkaryana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasExonym |
Hixkariana
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hixkaryána NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| indigenousTo | Amazon basin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| kinshipSystem | extended families ⓘ |
| language | Hixkaryana language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Cariban languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| linguisticTypologyInterest | basic word order studies ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Amazon rainforest NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| neighboringIndigenousPeoples |
Tiriyó people
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Wayana people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Cariban language
ⓘ
indigenous Amazonian culture ⓘ object–verb–subject basic word order ⓘ |
| partOf | Cariban-speaking peoples ⓘ |
| populationTrend | small population ⓘ |
| recognizedBy | Fundação Nacional dos Povos Indígenas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | northern Brazil NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion |
Christianity
ⓘ
animism ⓘ |
| riverineSettlement |
Mapuera River
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nhamundá River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| traditionalCrafts |
basketry
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body painting ⓘ featherwork ⓘ |
| traditionalHousing | communal houses ⓘ |
| traditionalSubsistence |
fishing
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gathering ⓘ hunting ⓘ slash-and-burn agriculture ⓘ |
| wordOrder | object–verb–subject ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
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