Waikerí

The Waikerí or Guaiqueríes were an indigenous people of northern Venezuela. They may have been related to the Warao people, or to the Arawaks or Cumanagotos. The Waikerí lived primarily on Venezuela's coastal islands of Isla Margarita, Cubagua and Coche, as well as in the nearby coastal areas of the mainland, such as the Araya Peninsula.

According to Alexander von Humboldt, the Waikerí said that their language and that of the Warao were related.^[1]

References

↑ Humboldt, Alexander: Reise in die Äquinoctial-gegenden des Neuen Kontinents (1991). Insel Verlag. Primer Tomo. Pág. 229. ISBN 3-458-16947-4.

Ancestry and ethnicity in Venezuela

Indigenous peoples

Current indigenous	Achagua Auaké Baniwa Guahibo Hiwi Ingarikó Kali'na Marueta Motilone/Barí Pemon Piaroa Sanumá Warao Wayuu Yanomami Ye'kuana

Extinct indigenous	Caquetio Chitareros Cumanagoto Jirajara Mariche Otomacos Quiriquire Saladoid Timoto–Cuica

Immigration

European	German Greek Hungarian Italian Polish Portuguese Romanian Russian Spanish Scandinavia (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden) Swiss Ukrainian

Others	Mestizo African Arab Lebanese Armenian Chinese Indian Japanese Jewish Korean Turkish Uruguayan

Category:Ethnic groups in Venezuela

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