The Wayana (alternate names: Ajana, Uaiana, Alucuyana, Guaque, Ojana, Oyana, Orcocoyana, Pirixi, Urukuena, Waiano etc.) are a Carib-speaking people located...
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Wayana (also referred to as Ojana, Ajana, Aiana, Ouyana, Uajana, Upurui, Oepoeroei, Roucouyen, Oreocoyana, Orkokoyana, Urucuiana, Urukuyana, and Alucuyana...
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millennium BC by various indigenous peoples, including the Arawaks, Caribs, and Wayana. Europeans arrived and contested the area in the 16th century, with the...
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Central Carib: Wayana–Apalaí (N) Maquiritari [Dekwana] (S) Mapoyo–Yabarana–Pémono (N) Kaufman adds Chaima [Kumaná]; Arakajú † (to Wayana); Yao † and Tiverikoto...
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Warao (Guarao, Guarauno, Warau, Warrau), Venezuela, Guyana and Suriname Wayana, Southwest Marowijne District, upper Tapanahoni river, Brazil, French Guiana...
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Bolívar State, Venezuela Guayana language or Wayaná, an extinct Jê language of southern Brazil Guayana or Wayana language, a Caribbean language spoken in...
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Granman (section Wayana granman)
centralise their dealings with the Wayana, and for this purpose installed captains, head captains and granman among the Wayana chief. As the concept of a paramount...
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Lokono (part of the Arawak grouping), Galibi, Palikur, Teko, Wayampi and Wayana. The French attempted to create a colony there in the 16th century in conjunction...
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Kaingang language (redirect from Wayaná language)
(Coroado); Nyacfateitei Paraná Rio Grande do Sul Shocleng Taven Tain Ingain (Wayana, Guayaná) Patte (Basa) Chowa Chowaca Ivitorocai Gualacho (Coronado) Gualachí...
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Tapanahony River (section Inhabited by Wayana)
people, while further downstream villages are inhabited by the Amerindian Wayana and Maroon Ndyuka people. Aloepi 1 & 2 Palumeu Pelelu Tepu Diitabiki Godo...
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Knopaiamoi (Wayana: Konopamïi, Aluku: Konopu amoï) is a mountain in Suriname at 504 metres (1,654 ft). It is part of the Tumuk Humak Mountains and is located...
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Jupta Lilian Itoewaki (born 18 February 1988) is a Wayana activist and politician from Suriname. Since 2018, she has been the founding president of Mulokot...
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from a Wayana word meaning "secret", which refers to both the species' cryptic coloration and the fact that it inhabits areas occupied by the Wayana people...
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cash economy. The Wayampi were part of the great commercial link of the Wayana Indians which extended form the Amapari river in Brazil as far as the Tapanahoni...
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Apalaí, sometimes also known by its native name Karapaeukuru, is an Apalaí-Wayana village on the Eastern Paru River in the state of Pará in Brazil. Aldeia...
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Pilima, also known as Pidima, is a Wayana village situated on the Litani River in French Guiana. Pilima was founded by the shaman or pïyai Pilima, son...
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the Man Gandafutu waterfall. The majority of Apetina's population is the Wayana people. These Indians mostly originate from Brazil and once have fled because...
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Rio Jary the film shows, Neolithic Digging stick planting methods of the Wayana and Wayapi Indians, who had previously been believed to have died out. The...
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indigenous groups in Suriname primarily comprise the Lokono, Kalina, Tiriyó, and Wayana. Unlike most other Spanish-speaking countries, indigenous peoples are not...
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Talhuwen, also spelt as Taluwen, Taluhen and Taluen, is a Wayana village situated on the Lawa River in French Guiana. Talhuwen features the only primary...
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(Kʼekchi) Sikiana (Kashuyana) Tiriyó Yucatec Waiwai Wapishana Warao (Guarauno) Wayana Ethnic groups In full member states: 73.78% Afro-Caribbean 8.3% Multiracial...
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called Emerillon), Galibi (now called the Kaliña), Palikur, Wayampi and Wayana. The estimated population for the beginning of the 17th century was 30,000...
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population. The main groups are the Akurio, Arawak, Kalina (Caribs), Tiriyó and Wayana. Afro-Surinamese form about 37% of the population, and are usually divided...
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Pëleya, also spelt as Péléa, is a Wayana village on an island in the Litani River. Pëleya lies about 800 m (2,600 ft) downstream the Litani River from...
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Epoja, also known as Opoya, is a Wayana village situated on the Lawa River in French Guiana. Epoja is conjoined with the village of Taluwen and Alawataimë...
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(Caribs), Arawak, Galibi, Palikur, Teko, Wayampi (also known as Oyampi), and Wayana. The first Europeans arrived in the expeditions of Christopher Columbus...
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and Apalaís. Most Aparai people are multi-lingual, and many speak Aparai, Wayana, Portuguese, and Tiriyó, as well as Wajãpi, Aluku, and Criollo. The Aparai...
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French Guiana, France. It was founded by André Cognat, a Pierre-Bénite-born Wayana tribal chief. It is home to a nursery and primary state school. Even though...
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Pïleike was a Wayana village in the Sipaliwini District of Suriname. The village lies across the Lawa River from the island village of Kulumuli, which...
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Ndyuka-Tiriyó Pidgin (redirect from Ndyuka-Wayana Pidgin)
1960s between speakers of Ndyuka, an English-based creole, and Tiriyó and Wayana, both Cariban languages. Ndyuka-Tiriyó Pidgin at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)...
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