Pilagá
pit´laxá | |
|---|---|
The Pilagá people's flag | |
| Total population | |
| 5,137 (2010) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Argentina | |
| Languages | |
| Pilagá | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Mocoví, Toba, Kadiwéu |
The Pilagá (in Pilagá language: pit'laxá) are an indigenous people of the Guaycuru group that inhabits the center of the province of Formosa, in Argentina. Some migrant groups also live in the provinces of Chaco and Santa Fe.
Their language is part of the Mataco-Guaicurú linguistic family. They are closely related to the Toba people, and about 2000 of them speak their own language, along with the Spanish language. Since 1996, they have been writing Pilagá in a Latin alphabet of 4 vowels and 19 consonants.
They have been able to preserve much of their native culture. They are of tall stature and strong build. In ancient times, they were hunters and gatherers. Among the fruits they gathered were those of the carob tree, chañar, mistol, prickly pear, and molle.