The Kulina are an
indigenous people of Brazil and
Peru. 2,540 Kulina live in
Amazonas and
Acre
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in Brazil; while 400 live in southeastern Peru, along the
Purus and
Santa Rosa Rivers.
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Name
Besides Kulina, they are also called Corina, Culina, Kulína, Kulyna, Madihá, and Madija.[
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Language
Kulina people speak the Kulina language
Kulina (also Kulína, Kulyna, Culina, Curina, Corina, Korina, Culina-Madijá, Madijá, Madija, Madiha, Madihá) is an Arawan language of Brazil and Peru spoken by about 4,000 Kulina people. With such few speakers, Kulina is considered a threa ...
, which is an Arawan language
Arawan (also Arahuan, Arauan, Arawán, Arawa, Arauán) is a family of languages spoken in western Brazil ( Amazonas, Acre) and Peru (Ucayali).
Language contact
Jolkesky (2016) notes that there are lexical similarities with the Chapakura-Wañam, ...
. Parts of the Bible have been translated into Kulina.[
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References
External links
Kulina artwork
National Museum of the American Indian
Indigenous peoples in Brazil
Indigenous peoples in Peru
Indigenous peoples of the Amazon
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