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Sikiana
Total population
~83 [1]
Regions with significant populations
  Brazil33 (1986) [1]
  Suriname50 (2001) [1]
Languages
Sikiana, Tiriyó [1]
Religion
traditional tribal religion
Related ethnic groups
Salumá [1]

The Sikiana are an indigenous people, living in Brazil, Suriname, and Venezuela. [1]

The Sikiana in Brazil live between the Cafuini River and headwaters of the Turuna and Itapi close to border with Suriname. [2] The group in Suriname lives in Kwamalasamutu. [3] The group in Venezuela is probably extinct. [4]

The 1916 Encyclopaedia of the Dutch West Indies placed the Sikiana at the Trombetas River in Brazil, and said that they had a close relationship with the Salumá and the Tiriyó. [5]

Name

The Sikiana are also called Chikena, Chiquena, Chiquiana, Shikiana, Sikiâna, Sikiyana, Sikiána, Sikïiyana, Tshikiana, Xikiyana, or Xikujana people. [1]

Language

The Sikiana language belongs to the Carib language family. [1] The people in Suriname speak Tiriyó as a second language. [4] Some Sikiana people in Venezuela speak the Tiriyó. [1]

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Sikiana." Ethnologue. 2009. Retrieved 1 April 2012.
  2. ^ "Sikiana in Brazil". Joshua Project. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
  3. ^ "Sikiana in Suriname". Joshua Project. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
  4. ^ a b "Sikiana". Caribbean Indigenous and Endangered Languages at the University of the West Indies, Jamaica. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
  5. ^ "Encyclopaedie van Nederlandsch West-Indië - Page 175 - Sikiana" (PDF). Digital Library for Dutch Literature (in Dutch). 1916. Retrieved 23 July 2020.