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🇨🇴 Peoples of Colombia

11 indigenous and tribal peoples who live in Colombia, best known first.

QuechuaRuna / Nuna 🇵🇪 Peru and 5 moreIndigenous farmers and herders of the Andes, speaking Quechua languages About 10 million, Quechuan TicunaMagüta 🇧🇷 Brazil and 2 moreThe most numerous Indigenous people of the Brazilian Amazon About 75,000, Language isolate Witoto 🇨🇴 Colombia and 2 moreSwidden farmers and forest dwellers of the Colombian and Peruvian Amazon About 9,000, Witotoan languages Tucanoye’pâ-masa 🇨🇴 Colombia and 2 moreMultilingual Indigenous people of the Vaupés River in the northwest Amazon About 6,000, Tucanoan Bora 🇵🇪 Peru and 2 moreForest people of the Amazon between the Napo, Putumayo, and Caquetá rivers About 2,000, Bora–Witoto (proposed) CofánAʼi 🇪🇨 Ecuador and 1 moreIndigenous people of the Ecuadorian and Colombian Amazon, known for rainforest stewardship About 2,000 BaniwaWalimanai 🇧🇷 Brazil and 2 moreIndigenous people of the Amazon borderlands, skilled in basketry and farming About 18,000, Maipurean (Arawak) Cubeo 🇨🇴 Colombia and 2 moreIndigenous people of the Vaupés region in Colombia's northwest Amazon About 4,000, Tucanoan Mokaná 🇨🇴 ColombiaThe only indigenous community of Colombia's Atlántico Department About 7,000, Malibu (extinct) TarianaTaliaseri 🇧🇷 Brazil and 1 moreIndigenous people of the Uaupés River in Brazil and Colombia About 3,000, Arawakan Kotiria 🇧🇷 Brazil and 1 moreIndigenous people of the Vaupés River in Brazil and Colombia About 4,000, Tucanoan

Seven peoples, once a week

Every Monday: seven peoples you may never have heard of, who they are and where they live.