Bolivia
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, and Peru. They live along the Acre River in Bolivia. In Brazil they mostly live in the Mamoadate Indigenous Territory, although some live in the Chico Mendes Extractivist Reserve, both in
Acre
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Name
Besides Machinere, they are also called Machineri, Manchinere, Manchineri, Manitenére, Manitenerí, and Maxinéri.
Language
Machinere people speak the
Machinere language
Piro is a Maipurean language spoken in Peru. It belongs to the Piro group which also includes Iñapari (†) and Apurinã language, Apurinã. The principal variety is Yine. The Manchineri who live in Brazil (Acre (state), Acre) and reportedly al ...
, which is a Piro language and part of the Southern Maipuran language family. It is written in the Latin script. The Bible was translated in Machinere in 1960. The language is highly similar to the
Yine language
Piro is a Maipurean language spoken in Peru. It belongs to the Piro group which also includes Iñapari (†) and Apurinã. The principal variety is Yine. The Manchineri who live in Brazil (Acre) and reportedly also in Bolivia speak what may be ...
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Economy and subsistence
Machinere people hunt, fish, and farm using the
swidden
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method. They grow crops of maize, manioc, rice, papaya, peanut, pumpkin, sugarcane, and sweet potato."Manchineri: Productive activities." ''Povos Indígenas no Brasil.'' Retrieved 20 Feb 2012.