Xakriabá people
Sign in to saveAlso known as Xakriaba people
The Xakriabá () are an indigenous people of Brazil. One of the Gê peoples who spoke the Xakriabá dialect of the Akwe language, they used to live in the Tocantins River area. As of 2010, 9,196 Xakriabá people lived in the state of Minas Gerais.
Key facts
- Ethnic group.group
- Xakriabá
- Ethnic group.image
- File:-inspiraUnB - 2º 2018 (29135882207).jpg
- Ethnic group.caption
- Célia Xakriabá, Xakriabá congresswoman, in traditional dress
- Ethnic group.population
- 9,196 (2010)
- Ethnic group.regions
- ()
- Ethnic group.languages
- Portuguese, formerly Xakriabá
- Ethnic group.religions
- traditional tribal religion, Roman Catholicism, Protestant Christianity
- Ethnic group.related
- Other Gê peoples
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- indigenous people
- Languages spoken
- Portuguese
- Native language
- Xakriabá
- Population
- 8867
- Country of origin
- Brazil
- Image
- Liniker + Tulipa Ruiz (52188211872) (cropped).jpg
Show 4 more facts
- different from
- Xakriabá
- Commons category
- Xacriabás
- native label
- Xakriabá
- described at URL
- pib.socioambiental.org/pt/Quadro_Geral_dos_Povos
Sources (2)
via Wikidata · CC0
~2 min read
Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- Name
- Language
- History
- References
- Further reading
- External links
The Xakriabá () are an indigenous people of Brazil. One of the Gê peoples who spoke the Xakriabá dialect of the Akwe language, they used to live in the Tocantins River area. As of 2010, 9,196 Xakriabá people lived in the state of Minas Gerais.
==Name== The Xakriabá are also known as the Xacriabá, Chakriaba, Chikriaba, or Shacriaba people. They were formerly known as "acroás" and "coroás" in Bahia and "gamelas" in Piauí.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Xakriabá people” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
Available in 10 languages
via Wikidata sitelinks · CC0