Wayuus in order to put them to work building the fortifications of Cartagena. In reaction, on May 2, 1769, at El Rincón, near Río de la Hacha, Wayuu set...
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territory of Colombia, the Wayuu were unique in having learned the use of firearms and horses. In 1769 the Spanish took 22 Wayuus captive, in order to put...
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Wayuu (Wayuu: Wayuunaiki [waˈjuːnaiki]), or Guajiro, is a major Arawakan language spoken by 400,000 indigenous Wayuu people in northwestern Venezuela and...
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Look up Wayuu in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Wayuu typically refers to the Wayuu people, an indigenous people of Colombia and Venezuela. Other uses...
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Cathorops wayuu, the Wayuu sea catfish, is a species of sea catfish. It is found in shallow coastal and estuarine waters from Camarones in Colombia to...
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Patricia Velásquez (category Venezuelan people of Wayuu descent)
Mummy and its 2001 sequel The Mummy Returns. In 2002, Patricia started the Wayùu Taya Foundation, a foundation committed to improving the living conditions...
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La Guajira Department (category Articles containing Wayuu-language text)
also developed its own dialect mostly by taking words from the Wayuu language. The Wayuus and other indigenous groups are being given bilingual education...
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Allobates wayuu is a species of frog in the family Aromobatidae. It is endemic to the Serranía de Macuira in La Guajira Department, Colombia, and is only...
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Southern Quechua. Selk'nam Shipibo Shuar (see Jívaro). Tupi Urarina Wai-Wai Wayuu Xucuru Yaghan Yagua Yąnomamö Zaparos South American cities While Brazil...
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their mother tongue (main languages: Chinese 400,000, Portuguese 254,000, Wayuu 199,000, Arabic 110,000) Quispe Fernández, Ezio (2024). "Cifras" [Numbers]...
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more than 800,000 people. Some of the largest indigenous groups are the Wayuu, the Paez, the Pastos, the Emberá and the Zenú. The departments of La Guajira...
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Luis Díaz (footballer, born 1997) (category Wayuu people)
22-man squad for the 2015 Copa Americana de Pueblos Indígenas, due to his Wayuu ethnicity. After impressing during the tournament, he joined the senior...
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"Holy Week processions in Popayán". unesco.org. Retrieved 2015-12-09. "Wayuu normative system, applied by the Pütchipü'üi (palabrero)". unesco.org. Retrieved...
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peoples, and 1.2% answered "other races". Among Indigenous people, 58% were Wayúu, 7% Warao, 5% Kariña, 4% Pemón, 3% Piaroa, 3% Jivi, 3% Añu, 3% Cumanágoto...
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List of Wikipedias (category Articles containing Wayuu-language text)
Vikipediya) Southern Altai Cyrl alt 7 22 February 2021 Wayuu Wikipedia Wikipeetia süka wayuunaiki Wayuu Latn guc 7 Unknown date Angika Wikipedia विकिपीडिया...
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Wayuu descent. Martha Peralta Epieyú (1988–), Senator of Colombia for La Guajira, of Wayuu descent. Luis Díaz (1997–), Colombian footballer, of Wayuu...
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Sino-Tibetan → Sinitic → Waxiang Chinese China (Hunan) Chinese folk religion Wayuu Arawakan → Wayuunaiki Colombia (La Guajira), Venezuela Ethnic religion,...
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Solimões-Caribbean: Marawan †; Palikur Marawa † Caribbean Kaketio † Wayuu-Añun Añun Wayuu Lokono-Iñeri Iñeri: Garifuna; Kalhiphona † Lokono Shebayo † Taino...
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Huya (mythology) (category Wayuu people)
Huya (in Wayuu: Juyá, pronounced [huˈja]) is the name of the rain god of the Wayuu people of Venezuela and Colombia. The minor planet 38628 Huya is named...
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Maracaibo (category Articles containing Wayuu-language text)
Maracaibo (/ˌmærəˈkaɪboʊ/ MARR-ə-KY-boh, Spanish: [maɾaˈkajβo] ; Wayuu: Marakaaya) is a city and municipality in northwestern Venezuela, on the western...
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and Bolivia; Aymara in Bolivia and Peru and to a lesser extent in Chile; Wayuu in northern Colombia and northwest Venezuela; and Mapudungun in small pockets...
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following subclassification: Caribbean Arawakan Taíno Guajiro (Wahiro) Wayuu (Guajiro, Wahiro) Paraujano (Parauhano, Añun) † Arawák (Lokono) Iñeri (Inyeri)...
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separately, not a simple modification of U or Y, and is distinct from UE. Wayuu represents the close central unrounded vowel [ɨ] using this letter. In the...
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next decades. The most important Indigenous groups are the Ye'kuana, the Wayuu, the Kali'na, the Ya̧nomamö, the Pemon, and the Warao. The most advanced...
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religion Wai-Wai religion Wapishana religion Warao traditional beliefs Wayuu religion Yaruro traditional tribal religion Zuni religion Asur religion...
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Guajira Peninsula (category Articles containing Wayuu-language text)
Península de La Guajira, also spelled Goajira, mainly in colonial period texts, Wayuu: Woumainpa’a) is a peninsula in northern Colombia and northwestern Venezuela...
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mostly as an ornamental plant, but has some local culinary importance. The Wayuu from the La Guajira Peninsula of Colombia and Venezuela also use the inner...
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term is still used in other parts of Spanish America; for example, the Wayuu tribes in northern Colombia call their villages rancherías. The Columbia...
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Matrilineality (section Wayuu)
and Bribri of Costa Rica; the Naso and Kuna people of Panama; the Kogi, Wayuu and Carib of South America; the Minangkabau people of West Sumatra, Indonesia...
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