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Wayarikoele: See Akuriyo

"Wayarikoele" 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 Wayarikoele tribe and language:

Wayarikoele
Languages of Suriname
Natives of South America
South American myths
Carib language family

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

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