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    Piaroa (also called Guagua ~ Kuakua ~ Quaqua, Adole ~ Ature, Wo’tiheh) is an indigenous language of Colombia and Venezuela, native to the Huottüja people...
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    The Piaroa people, known among themselves as the Huottüja or De'aruhua, are a South American indigenous ethnic group of the middle Orinoco Basin in present-day...
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  • The Piaroa–Saliban, also known as Saliban (in spanish : Sálivan), are a small proposed language family of the middle Orinoco Basin, which forms an independent...
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  • Maku people (redirect from Macu language)
    Wirö dialect of Piaroa (sometimes disambiguated as Mako or Maco) a.k.a. Maco-Hoti It has also been used for various other languages and peoples in the...
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    the latter also for the combination of Wirö and Piaroa. Rosés Labrada, Jorge E. (2015). The Mako language: Vitality, Grammar and Classification. London:...
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    the state of Amazon. Kuiva (440). Sáliva (36) Piaroa (13,000) Yeral (few; nearly extinct) These languages are spoken by groups in the south of Venezuela...
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  • been made to link Hodï with the nearby Piaroa–Saliban languages. A recent proposal classifies Hodï and (Piaroa–)Saliban as the branches of a single Jodï–Saliban...
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    The Indigenous languages of the Americas are the languages that were used by the Indigenous peoples of the Americas before the arrival of non-Indigenous...
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  • Consciously devised language Endangered language – Language that is at risk of going extinct Ethnologue#Language families Extinct language – Language that no longer...
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    these languages are classified into 10 linguistic families: Chibcha, Arawak, Carib, Quechua, Tukano, Guahibo, Makú-Puinave, Bora-Witoto, Piaroa-Sáliba...
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  • may refer to: Saliba language, an indigenous language of Eastern Colombia and Venezuela Piaroa–Saliban languages Saliba language (Papua New Guinea) Saliba...
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  • An endangered language is a language that it is at risk of falling out of use, generally because it has few surviving speakers. If it loses all of its...
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  • Duho language family by Jolkesky (2016): Duho Tikuna-Yuri Karabayo Tikuna Yuri † Saliba-Hodi Hodi Saliba-Betoi Betoi † Saliba-Piaroa Saliba Piaroa-Mako...
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    Coche Jivaro–Kandoshi Cofán Esmeralda Jivaro Kandoshi Yaruro Kariri–Tupi Piaroa Taruma Timote Trumai Tusha Yuracaré Zamuco Macro-Tucanoan Auixiri Canichana...
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    The name of the language Muysc cubun in its own language means "language of the people", from muysca ("people") and cubun ("language" or "word"). Despite...
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    also reside in Venezuela. It is an endangered language. The Piapocos come from the larger tribe, the Piaroa, who are indigenous to the Amazon rain forest...
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  • (instrument), or catá, a Cuban percussion instrument Guagua language, or Piaroa, an indigenous language of Colombia and Venezuela Jorge Guagua (born 1981), an...
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    Icaro (category Articles containing Quechua-language text)
    magical song: for example, eshuva for the Huachipaire people, meye for the Piaroa, mariri for the Kokama, or rao bewá for the Shipibo. The word icaro is believed...
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    speak the Spanish language. Sixty-five Amerindian languages, two Creole languages, the Portuguese language and the Romanian language are also spoken in...
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    Languages Families Algonquian languages Athabaskan languages Catawban languages Eskimoan languages Iroquoian languages (Northern) Iroquoian languages...
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  • An endangered language is a language that it is at risk of falling out of use, generally because it has few surviving speakers. If it loses all of its...
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    Indigenous peoples of the Americas (category CS1 Spanish-language sources (es))
    different indigenous languages spoken across the Americas, with 574 federally recognized tribes in the United States alone. Some languages, including Quechua...
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  • Saliba (Spanish: Sáliba, Sáliva) is an indigenous language of Eastern Colombia and Venezuela. Saliba was used by Jesuit missionaries in the 17th century...
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    Cohoba (category CS1 Spanish-language sources (es))
    as the ceremonial practice using it by South American tribes. Cuiva and Piaroa people of Orinocoan descent commonly consume Cohoba. As a part of important...
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    Olmecs (redirect from Olmec language)
    loanwords had apparently spread from a Mixe–Zoquean language into many other Mesoamerican languages. Campbell and Kaufman proposed that the presence of...
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    fishing and sea creatures such as seals, turtles and whales. The original language of the Changos is basically unknown. It is known only from toponyms and...
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  • Yuri † Saliba-Hodi Hodi Saliba-Betoi Betoi † Saliba-Piaroa Saliba Piaroa-Mako Ature † Mako Piaroa Guahibo Guahibo, Nuclear Kuiba Sikuani Playero Guayabero...
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  • Uncontacted peoples (category CS1 Spanish-language sources (es))
    indigenous groups in Peru. In Venezuela some groups from the Hoti, Yanomami, and Piaroa tribes live in relative isolation. The Ministry of Indigenous Peoples has...
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    Diaguita (category CS1 Spanish-language sources (es))
    the early 20th century. Ancient Diaguitas were not a unified people; the language or dialects used by them seems to have varied from valley to valley and...
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    1971. For the Piaroa Indians, the original inhabitants of the area, Autana is a sacred mountain (Wahari-Kuawai in the Piaroan language). It is Kuaimayojo...
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