 Piro Indians fishing in 1869 | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 4000–5000 [1] (2000) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
 Peru | |
| Languages | |
| Yine, Asháninka, Machiguenga, Spanish, Quechua [1] | |
| Religion | |
| Christianity [1] | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Machinere [1] |
The Yine (also Piro [1] ) are an indigenous people in Peru. In the Cusco, Loreto, and Ucayali Departments, they live along the Urubamba River. They live along the Madre de Dios River in the Madre de Dios Department. [1]
Besides Yine, they are also called Chontaquiro, Contaquiro, Pira, Piro, Pirro, Simiranch, and Simirinche. [1]
Yine people farm, fish, and raise livestock, particularly cattle. They also work in the lumber industry. [1] They traditionally used swidden agriculture to grow yuca. Oxfam helped the Yine to secure ownership rights to their traditional farmlands and to develop sustainable farming practices. They grow several varieties of yuca today, as well as medicine plants, such as sangre de grado ( Croton lechleri ). [2]
Yine people speak the Yine language, which is a Piro language and part of the Southern Maipuran language family. It is written in the Latin script. Over half of the Yine people have a basic literacy rate. [1]
