 Chief Fortunato in his headgear 1914, Orikoripe, close to Rio de Guaporé. Drawing by H. Kjellstedt. | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 30[1] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Languages | |
| Pauserna | |
| Religion | |
| Roman Catholicism (often syncretic with indigenous beliefs) | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Guaraní, Warázu |
The Pauserna are an indigenous people in Bolivia and Brazil who live along the upper Río Guaporé. Most of them live in the southeastern part of the department of Beni, in Bolivia.[2] The people derive their name from the fact that the pao cerne tree is abundant in their area.[3] Only a few of the older people speak the Pauserna language, which is closely related to Guaraní and is a member of the Tupí language family.[2][4]
- ^ Olson, James Stuart (1991). The Indians of Central and South America: An Ethnohistorical Dictionary. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 288. ISBN 9780313263873.
- ^ a b "Pauserna (Countries and their Culture)". 2018-12-23.
- ^ "Pauserna on Merriam Webster". 2018-12-24.
- ^ Voort, Hein van der (2004). A Grammar of Kwasa. p. 727. ISBN 9783110197280.