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The '''Sikiana''' are an [[indigenous people of the Americas|indigenous people]], living in [[Brazil]], [[Suriname]], and [[Venezuela]].<ref name=ethno/> |
The '''Sikiana''' are an [[indigenous people of the Americas|indigenous people]], living in [[Brazil]], [[Suriname]], and [[Venezuela]].<ref name=ethno/> |
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The Sikiana in Brazil live between the [[Cafuini River]] and headwaters of the Turuna and Itapi close to border with Suriname.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://joshuaproject.net/people_groups/14172/BR|title=Sikiana in Brazil|website=Joshua Project|access-date=23 July 2020}}</ref> The group in Suriname lives in [[Kwamalasamutu]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://joshuaproject.net/people_groups/14172/NS|title=Sikiana in Suriname|website=Joshua Project|access-date=23 July 2020}}</ref> and all speak [[Tiriyó language|Tiriyó]] as second language. The group in Venezuela is probably extinct.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mona.uwi.edu/dllp/jlu/ciel/pages/sikiiyana.htm|title=Sikiana|website=Carribean Indigenous and Endangered Languages at the University of the West Indies, Jamaica|access-date=23 July 2020}}</ref> |
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Total population | |
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~83[1] | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Brazil | 33 (1986)[1] |
Suriname | 50 (2001)[1] |
Languages | |
Sikiana, Trío[1] | |
Religion | |
traditional tribal religion | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Salumá[1] |
The Sikiana are an indigenous people, living in Brazil, Suriname, and Venezuela.[1]
The Sikiana in Brazil live between the Cafuini River and headwaters of the Turuna and Itapi close to border with Suriname.[2] The group in Suriname lives in Kwamalasamutu,[3] and all speak Tiriyó as second language. The group in Venezuela is probably extinct.[4]
Name
The Sikiana are also called Chikena, Chiquena, Chiquiana, Shikiana, Sikiâna, Sikiyana, Sikiána, Sikïiyana, Tshikiana, Xikiyana, or Xikujana people.[1]
Language
The Sikiana language belongs to the Carib language family. Some Sikiana people in Venezuela speak the Trío language.[1]
Notes
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Sikiana." Ethnologue. 2009. Retrieved 1 April 2012.
- ^ "Sikiana in Brazil". Joshua Project. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
- ^ "Sikiana in Suriname". Joshua Project. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
- ^ "Sikiana". Carribean Indigenous and Endangered Languages at the University of the West Indies, Jamaica. Retrieved 23 July 2020.