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Wayaricuri: See Akuriyo

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

Wayaricuri
Suriname language
South America indigenous
South American Indian myths
Caribs languages

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

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