The Shiriana (sometimes called the Xiriâna) are a
Native American tribe of
Brazil
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with a current population of approximately 1,000. They speak the
Shiriana language
Shiriana (Xiriâna, Chiriana), or Bahuana (Bahwana), is an unclassified Upper Amazon Arawakan language once spoken by the Shiriana people of Roraima, Brazil
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,
and are primarily
animists. Most live in the Brazilian state of
Amazonas, but there are small groups living as well in
Venezuela
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, near the
Demeni and the
Rio Negro.
References
Ethnic groups in Brazil
Indigenous peoples in Brazil
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