Ethnic group
The Machinere are an indigenous people of Brazil, Bolivia, and Peru. They live along the Acre River in Bolivia.[3] In Brazil they mostly live in the Mamoadate Indigenous Territory, although some live in the Chico Mendes Extractivist Reserve, both in Acre.[2]
Name
Besides Machinere, they are also called Machineri,[2] Manchinere, Manchineri, Manitenére, Manitenerí, and Maxinéri.[3]
Language
Machinere people speak the Machinere language, which is a Piro language and part of the Southern Maipuran language family. It is written in the Latin script. The Bible was translated in Machinere in 1960.[3] The language is highly similar to the Yine language.[2]
Economy and subsistence
Machinere people hunt, fish, and farm using the swidden method. They grow crops of maize, manioc, rice, papaya, peanut, pumpkin, sugarcane, and sweet potato.[5]
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