Indigenous peoples in Suriname
Contributors to Wikimedia projects
Article Images
Indigenous peoples in Suriname, Native Surinamese, or Amerindian Surinamese, are Surinamese people who are of indigenous ancestry. They comprise approximately 3.5% of Suriname's population of 612,985.
 Schoolchildren of the Kali'na community at Bigi Poika in Suriname. | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| ~12,000–24,000 3.7% of Suriname's population[1] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Paramaribo, Wanica, Para, Marowijne, Sipaliwini | |
| Languages | |
| Akurio, Arawak-Lokono, Carib-Kari'nja, Sikiana-Kashuyana, Tiro-Tiriyó, Waiwai, Warao, Wayana, Dutch, Sranan Tongo, English | |
| Religion | |
| Native American religion, Christianity (Catholicism and Protestantism), others |
- Akurio, Tapanahoni and Sipaliwini rivers, Kwamalasamutu[2]
- Arawak (Lokono), Suriname, French Guiana, Guyana, Venezuela[2]
- Kalina, Brazil, Guyana, French Guiana, Suriname, Venezuela[2]
- Mawayana [nl][2]
- Saloema (Taruma), Kwamalasamutu on Sipaliwini river, Brazil, Guyana[3]
- Sikiana, Kwamalasamutu on Sipaliwini river, Brazil[2]
- Tiriyó, Tapanahoni River, Sipaliwini River, Brazil[2]
- Waiwai (Uapixana, Vapidiana, Wapichan, Wapichana, Wapisana, Wapishshiana, Wapisiana, Wapitxana, Wapixana), Amazonas, Brazil, Suriname and Guyana[2]
- Warao (Guarao, Guarauno, Warau, Warrau), Venezuela, Guyana and Suriname[2]
- Wayana, Southwest Marowijne District, upper Tapanahoni river, Brazil, French Guiana[2]
Distribution of indigenous and Maroon peoples in Suriname
- ^ "Suriname." CIA World Factbook. Retrieved 8 Dec 2013.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Suriname." Ethnologue. Retrieved 8 Dec 2013.
- ^ Peter Rivière (1981). "A Report on the Trio Indians in Suriname". New West Indian Guide. The Hague: Nijhoff Publishers. p. 2.