Lokono

For the language, see Lokono language.
Not to be confused with Lokomo or Logomo.
Lokono
Lokono
Total population
10,000[1]
Regions with significant populations
Guyana
Suriname
Venezuela
French Guiana
Languages
Arawak
Religion
Traditional Lokono Animism
Related ethnic groups
Taino
Yamaye

The Lokono or Arawak are an Arawak people native to northern coastal areas of South America. Today, approximately 10,000 Lokono live primarily along the coasts and rivers of Guyana, with smaller numbers in Venezuela, Suriname, French Guiana.[2] They speak the Arawak language, the eponymous language of the Arawakan language family, as well as various Creole languages, and English.[3][4][5]

  1. ^ Olson, James Stewart (1991). The Indians of Central and South America: An Ethnohistorical Dictionary. Greenwood. p. 211. ISBN 0313263876. Retrieved June 16, 2014.
  2. ^ "Lokono" (PDF). DICE Missouri. Retrieved 2024-06-27.
  3. ^ Rybka, Konrad (June 2015). State-of-the-Art in the Development of the Lokono Language. University of Hawaii Press. OCLC 919313664.
  4. ^ "Suriname". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2019-06-02.
  5. ^ Brown, E. K. Ogilvie, Sarah. (2009). Concise encyclopedia of languages of the world. Elsevier. ISBN 9780080877747. OCLC 264358379.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)