Cavineño people
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 Two women carrying firewood. Photo by Erland Nordenskiöld 1913-1914. | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
3884 (2012) in  Bolivia | |
| Languages | |
| Cavineña language, Spanish | |
| Religion | |
| Roman Catholicism (often syncretic with indigenous beliefs) | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
Araona, Tacana, Ese Ejja
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The Cavineño people (also Cavina, Cavineña, Cavinenyo, Cavinya, Kaviña[1]) are an ethnic group in Bolivia. They mainly live along the Beni and Madidi rivers. There were 3,884 of them in 2012, of whom 1,173 speak the Cavineña language natively.[2] Almost all of them speak Spanish as well. According to Alfred Métraux, the Cavineño and the Araona people are so intermixed with other Takanan-speaking peoples that it can be difficult to treat them separately.[3]
