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Wayakule: See Akuriyo

"Wayakule" is the name of a major subgroup of the Akuriyo tribe, also known as the Wama. This tribal name is no longer commonly used, but is thought to have meant "people of the salt."

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Wayakule Resources

Here are links to our webpages about the Wayakule tribe and language:
Wayakule
Languages spoken in Suriname
Indians of South America
South American myth
Cariban languages

Books about the Wayakules

Here are a few good books about the Wayakule tribe:
The Akuriyo of Surinam
Manufacturing Otherness
Comparative Cariban Morphosyntax

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