Cavineño people
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 |
The Cavineño people (also Cavina, Cavineña, Cavinenyo, Cavinya, Kaviña) 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. 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.