The Kulina are an
indigenous people of Brazil
Indigenous peoples in Brazil ( pt, povos indígenas no Brasil) or Indigenous Brazilians ( pt, indígenas brasileiros, links=no) once comprised an estimated 2000 tribes and nations inhabiting what is now the country of Brazil, before European con ...
and
Peru
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, image_coat = Escudo nacional del Perú.svg
, other_symbol = Great Seal of the State
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, national_motto = "Firm and Happy f ...
. 2,540 Kulina live in
Amazonas and
Acre 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, which is an Arawan language. 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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