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Sikiana

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Brazil
  
33 (1986)

Suriname
  
50 (2001)

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

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Name

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

Language

The Sikiana language belongs to the Carib language family. Some Sikiana people in Venezuela speak the Trío language.

References

Sikiana Wikipedia


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