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Jebabaca (Jebábaca, Jebabacas)

"Jebabaca" is an alternate name for the Barasana tribe of Colombia. It comes from the native name of one of the tribal clans, and means "Jeba's people." Jeba is a Barasana mythological figure, from whom the Jebabaca claim descent.

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Here are links to our webpages about the Jebabaca tribe and language:

Barasana language
The Tucanoan language family
Amazon
Language of Colombia
South America indigenous

Here are a few good books about the Jebabacas:
Barasano Syntax: Studies in the Languages of Colombia
The Fish People: Linguistic Exogamy and Tukanoan Identity in Northwest Amazonia
The Amazonian Languages

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