Sikiana

The Sikiana are an indigenous people, living in Brazil, Suriname, and Venezuela.[1]

For the language, see Sikiana language.
Sikiana
Total population
~83[1]
Regions with significant populations
 Brazil33 (1986)[1]
 Suriname50 (2001)[1]
Languages
Sikiana, Tiriyó[1]
Religion
traditional tribal religion
Related ethnic groups
Salumá[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] The group in Venezuela is probably extinct.[4]

The 1916 Encyclopaedia of the Dutch West Indies placed the Sikiana at the Trombetas River in Brazil, and said that they had a close relationship with the Salumá and the Tiriyó.[5]

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.[1] The people in Suriname speak Tiriyó as a second language.[4] Some Sikiana people in Venezuela speak the Tiriyó.[1]

Notes
  1. "Sikiana." Ethnologue. 2009. Retrieved 1 April 2012.
  2. "Sikiana in Brazil". Joshua Project. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
  3. "Sikiana in Suriname". Joshua Project. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
  4. "Sikiana". Caribbean Indigenous and Endangered Languages at the University of the West Indies, Jamaica. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
  5. "Encyclopaedie van Nederlandsch West-Indië - Page 175 - Sikiana" (PDF). Digital Library for Dutch Literature (in Dutch). 1916. Retrieved 23 July 2020.


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