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Waku (Wáku)

"Waku" is an alternate name for the Baniwa language of Brazil, Venezuela and Colombia. It means "speech" or "we speak" in their own language.

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

 Waku language
 Arawakan languages
 Indigenous people of Brazil
 Amazonian tribes
 South American languages

Here are a few good books about the Wakus:
 Cosmos, Self, and History in Baniwa Religion
 Mysteries of the Jaguar Shamans
 Languages of the Amazon



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