Pirahã people
Ethnic group in the Amazon Rainforest / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Pirahã (pronounced [piɾaˈhɐ̃])[lower-alpha 1] are an indigenous people of the Amazon Rainforest in Brazil. They are the sole surviving subgroup of the Mura people, and are hunter-gatherers. They live mainly on the banks of the Maici River in Humaitá and Manicoré in the state of Amazonas. As of 2018[update], they number 800 individuals.[2] The Pirahã people do not call themselves Pirahã but instead the Híaitíihi or Hiáitihí,[3] roughly translated as "the straight ones."[4]
Total population | |
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800 | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Brazil | |
Languages | |
Pirahã | |
Religion | |
Animism[1] |
The Pirahã speak the Pirahã language. They call any other language "crooked head".[5] Members of the Pirahã can whistle their language, which is how Pirahã men communicate when hunting in the jungle.