Ayoreo people
The Ayoreo (Ayoreode, Ayoréo, Ayoréode) are an indigenous people of the Gran Chaco. They live in an area surrounded by the Paraguay, Pilcomayo, Parapetí, and Grande Rivers, spanning both Bolivia and Paraguay. There are approximately 5,600 Ayoreo people in total. Around 3,000 live in Bolivia, and 2,600 live in Paraguay. Traditionally nomadic hunter-gatherers, the majority of the population was sedentarized by missionaries in the twentieth century. The few remaining uncontacted Ayoreo are threatened by deforestation and loss of territory.
Key facts
- Ethnic group.group
- Ayoreo
- Ethnic group.image
- MapaAyoreosAislados.jpg
- Ethnic group.caption
- Ayoreo Groups in Voluntary Isolation
- Ethnic group.population
- 4,789
- Ethnic group.pop1
- 2,600
- Ethnic group.pop2
- 2,189
- Ethnic group.languages
- Ayoreo • Spanish
- Ethnic group.religions
- Traditional Religion • Christianity
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- Name and language
- History
- Culture
- People in contact
- Groups in voluntary isolation
- The Areguede’urasade
- Political representation
- Local groups
- Notes
- References
- External links
The Ayoreo (Ayoreode, Ayoréo, Ayoréode) are an indigenous people of the Gran Chaco. They live in an area surrounded by the Paraguay, Pilcomayo, Parapetí, and Grande Rivers, spanning both Bolivia and Paraguay. There are approximately 5,600 Ayoreo people in total. Around 3,000 live in Bolivia, and 2,600 live in Paraguay. Traditionally nomadic hunter-gatherers, the majority of the population was sedentarized by missionaries in the twentieth century. The few remaining uncontacted Ayoreo are threatened by deforestation and loss of territory.
==Name and language== The Ayoreo people are known by numerous names including Ayoré, Ayoreode, Guarañoca, Koroino, Moro, Morotoco, Poturero, Pyeta Yovai, Samococio, Sirákua, Takrat, Yanaigua and Zapocó. In the Ayoreo language, Ayoreo means “true people,” and Ayoreode means "human beings."