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.

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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
body painting
featherwork
traditionalHousing communal houses
traditionalSubsistence fishing
gathering
hunting
slash-and-burn agriculture
wordOrder object–verb–subject
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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Hixkaryana language spokenBy Hixkaryana people