Pirahã people
Híaitíihi, Hiáitihí | |
|---|---|
| Total population | |
| 800 (2018) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Brazil | |
| Languages | |
| Pirahã | |
| Religion | |
| Animism | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| other Mura people |
The Pirahã (Portuguese pronunciation: [piɾaˈhɐ̃]) are an indigenous people of the Amazon Rainforest in Brazil. They are the sole surviving subgroup of the Mura people, and are hunter-gatherers. They live mainly on the banks of the Maici River in Humaitá and Manicoré in the state of Amazonas. As of 2018, they numbered 800 individuals. The name Pirahã is an exonym; the Pirahã call themselves the Híaitíihi or Hiáitihí, roughly translated as "the straight ones".
The Pirahã speak the Pirahã language. They call any other language "crooked head". Members of the Pirahã can whistle their language, which is how Pirahã men communicate when hunting in the jungle.