The Matipu people are an
indigenous people of Brazil
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. They live in the southern part of the
Xingu Indigenous Park
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in the state of
Mato Grosso
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.
[ Their a population is estimated at 149 individuals in 2011,][ up from population of 40 in the 1995 census. They are mainly of animist faith and share many cultural traits with other ]Xingu peoples
The Xingu are an indigenous people of Brazil living near the Xingu River. They are the Aweti, Kalapalo, Kamaiurá, Kayapó, Kuikuro, Matipu, Mehinako, Nahukuá, Suyá, Trumai people, Trumai, Wauja and the Yawalapiti peoples. They have many cultur ...
.[
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Name
They are also known as the Mariape-Nahuqua and Matipuhy.[
]
Language
The Matipu traditional spoke the Matipu language, a Carib language
Carib or Kariʼnja is a Cariban language spoken by the Kalina people (Caribs) of South America. It is spoken by around 7,400 mostly in Brazil, The Guianas, and Venezuela. The language is currently classified as highly endangered, as it is onl ...
, but there are only 10 known living speakers (Campbell 2012). They currently speak the Kuikúro-Kalapálo language.[
]
Subsistence
To provide for themselves, the Matipu hunt, fish, and farm. Manioc
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and maize
Maize (; ''Zea mays''), also known as corn in North American English, is a tall stout grass that produces cereal grain. It was domesticated by indigenous peoples in southern Mexico about 9,000 years ago from wild teosinte. Native American ...
are their primary crops.
See also
* Indigenous peoples in Brazil
Indigenous peoples in Brazil or Native Brazilians () are the peoples who lived in Brazil before European contact around 1500 and their descendants. Indigenous peoples of the Americas, Indigenous peoples once comprised an estimated 2,000 distric ...
* List of Indigenous peoples in Brazil
This is a list of the Brazil's Indigenous or Native peoples.
This is a ''sortable'' listing of peoples, associated languages, Indigenous locations, and population estimates with dates. A particular group listing may include more than one area be ...
* Indigenous peoples of the Americas
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References
External links
''Languages of Brazil''
at Ethnologue
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Xingu peoples
Indigenous peoples in Brazil
Indigenous peoples of the Amazon
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