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Abipón
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The Abipones (, singular ) were an Indigenous people of Argentina's Gran Chaco region and Paraguay, speakers of one of the Guaicuruan languages. They ceased to exist as an independent ethnic group in the early 19th century. A small number of survivors assimilated into Argentine society.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Abipón is referenced by 111 other articles, and connects out to Toba people, Argentina and Spanish.
Vinony files it under Extinct Indigenous peoples of the Americas, Indigenous peoples in Argentina and Indigenous peoples in Paraguay.
Its subject is documented across 19 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Ethnic group.group
- Abipón
- Ethnic group.image
- Dobrizhoffer soldiers (cropped).jpg
- Ethnic group.image_caption
- Abipón warriors
- Ethnic group.population
- 817
- Ethnic group.religions
- Animism, Shamanism, Christianity
- Ethnic group.languages
- Mataco–Guaicuru languages, Abipón (Callaga)
- Ethnic group.related
- Toba, Pilagá, Mocoví, other Guaycurú peoples
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- ethnic group
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- The Catholic Encyclopedia
- Commons category
- Abipones
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Encyclopedic overview
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- History
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The Abipones (, singular ) were an Indigenous people of Argentina's Gran Chaco region and Paraguay, speakers of one of the Guaicuruan languages. They ceased to exist as an independent ethnic group in the early 19th century. A small number of survivors assimilated into Argentine society.
==History== The Abipones initially occupied the Gran Chaco of Argentina, in the lower portions of the Bermejo River. They were originally a seasonally mobile people of hunters, gatherers, fishers and to a limited extent farmers.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Abipón” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.