Ache |
Angaite |
Ayoreo |
Chamacoco |
Chiripa |
Enxet |
Guana |
Maca |
Manjui |
Mbya |
Nivacle |
Pai Tavytera |
Sanapana |
Totobiegosode
| Enxet |
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| Indigenous Group |
Enxet (Also known as: Enxet-Lamenxay, Lengua) |
| Location |
Paraguay, Chaco, Presidente Hayes Department, Boqueron |
| Estimated Population |
16,000 (2000, Survival International) |
| Environment |
Forest / Arid |
| Lifestyle |
Semi-nomadic (Southern Lengua), Sedentary (Northern Lengua) |
| Subsistence |
Hunter / Gatherer / Agriculture / Paid Labor / Handicraft Sales / Fishing / Animal Husbandry |
| Level of Assimilation |
Fairly Traditional |
| Language Family |
Lengua
Classification: Mascoian
Alternate names: Enxet
Dialects: Northern Lengua (Eenthlit, Vowak, Lengua Norte), Southern Lengua (Lengua Sur)
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| Website URLs |
Survival International: “Chaco Indians left without land”
Ford Foundation Report – Navigating the System
Tribes left to die in Paraguay's EC aid scandal
Ethnologue: Lengua, A Language of Paraguay
Cultural Survival – The Indigenous of the Paraguayan Chaco
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| NGOs |
Survival International
Cultural Survival
Tierra Viva – El Pueblo Enxet
Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL)
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