The Parintintin are an indigenous people who live in Brazil in the Madeira River basin. They refer to themselves as Cabahyba , Kagwahiva’nga , or Kagwahiva , which translates to "our people."
5-651: As of 2010, the Parintintin have a population of around 418 and live in three villages on two different indigenous territories (TIs): The Parintintin language is a dialect of the Tenharim language , which belongs to the Tupi-Guarani language family. It is written in the Latin script . The Parintintin tribe is known for their unique way of sex . Parintintin people are argicultalists, fishermen, and gatherers. Their social structure
10-552: Is a Tupi–Guarani dialect cluster of Brazil . The major variety is Tenharim . The Tenharim (self-designation, Pyri 'near, together'), Parintintín , Jiahúi, Amondawa , Karipúna (not to be confused with neither the Panoan group, nor the Carib-based creole spoken in the state of Amapá, which all have the same name), Uru-eu-wau-wau (self-designation, Jupaú), Júma , Piripkúra, and Capivarí all call themselves Kawahíva . Their speech
15-513: Is based on two moieties that are exogamous and named for different types of birds. They are a patrilineal society. While they refer themselves as Kagwahib , which translates to "our people", the name Parintintín comes from the language of the Munduruku , allies of the Brazilians for much of the 19th century, meaning "enemy". Following contact with Brazilians in 1946, a population of 4,000 at
20-801: Is mutually intelligible, and also similar with other languages now extinct. The closest Tupí-Guaraní language seems to be Apiaká , spoken in Mato Grosso. There are different internal classifications of the pan-Kawahíwa, which differ in, e.g., whether Kayabí and Apiaká should be included as part of the dialectal cluster. The one listed in Aguilar (2013, 2018) follows: Languages spoken in north-central Rondônia are Karipúna, Uru-eu-wau-wau (Jupaú), Amondawa, and unidentified varieties by some isolated groups. Languages spoken in northeastern Mato Grosso and southern Pará are Apiaká, Kayabí, Piripkúra, and unidentified varieties by some isolated groups. Phonemic inventory of
25-593: The time was eventually reduced to 120 after Brazil's second rubber boom and the construction of the Trans-Amazon highway in 1970. Further colonization of the Amazon basin led to the spread of diseases that the Parintintin were not prepared for. The Parintintin currently face possible downstream impacts from the Madeira Hydroelectric Complex . Parintintin language Kawahíva (Kawahíb, Kagwahib)
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