Machinere

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Machinere
Regions with significant populations
Flag of Bolivia.svg  Bolivia 52 (2012) [1]
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil (Bandeira do Acre.svg  Acre)937 (2004) [2]
Flag of Peru.svg  Peru 90 (2007) [2]
Languages
Machinere [3]
Related ethnic groups
Mashco-Piro and Yine [4]

The Machinere are an indigenous people of Brazil, Bolivia, and Peru. They live along the Acre River in Bolivia. [3] In Brazil they mostly live in the Mamoadate Indigenous Territory, although some live in the Chico Mendes Extractivist Reserve, both in Acre. [2]

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Name

Besides Machinere, they are also called Machineri, [2] Manchinere, Manchineri, Manitenére, Manitenerí, and Maxinéri. [3]

Language

Machinere
Native to Bolivia, Brazil, Peru
Ethnicity967 Machinere (2012)
Native speakers
950 (2012) [5]
Arawakan
  • Southern
Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3 mpd
Glottolog mach1268
ELP Maxineri

Machinere people speak the Machinere language, which is a Piro language and part of the Southern Maipuran language family. It is written in the Latin script. The Bible was translated in Machinere in 1960. [3] The language is highly similar to the Yine language. [2]

Economy and subsistence

Machinere people hunt, fish, and farm using the swidden method. They grow crops of maize, manioc, rice, papaya, peanut, pumpkin, sugarcane, and sweet potato. [6]

Notes

  1. ↑ "Censo de Población y Vivienda 2012 Bolivia Características de la Población". Instituto Nacional de Estadística, República de Bolivia. p. 29.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Manchineri: Introduction." Povos Indígenas no Brasil. Retrieved 20 Feb 2012.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Machinere." Ethnologue. Retrieved 20 Feb 2012.
  4. ↑ Machinere Indian Language (Maxinéri)." Native Languages. 20 Feb 2012.
  5. ↑
  6. ↑ "Manchineri: Productive activities." Povos Indígenas no Brasil. Retrieved 20 Feb 2012.
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