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Akurio people, the Glossary

Index Akurio people

The Akurio are an indigenous people living in Suriname.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 9 relations: Akurio language, Amazon rainforest, BBC News, Hunter-gatherer, Missionary, Pelelu Tepu, Suriname, Tiriyó language, Tiriyó people.

  2. Ethnic groups in Suriname
  3. Hunter-gatherers of South America
  4. Indigenous peoples in Suriname
  5. Indigenous peoples of the Guianas

Akurio language

Akurio, also known as Akuriyó, is an endangered Cariban language that was used by the Akurio people in Suriname until the late 20th century, when the group began using the Trío language.

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Amazon rainforest

The Amazon rainforest, also called Amazon jungle or Amazonia, is a moist broadleaf tropical rainforest in the Amazon biome that covers most of the Amazon basin of South America.

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BBC News

BBC News is an operational business division of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs in the UK and around the world.

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Hunter-gatherer

A hunter-gatherer or forager is a human living in a community, or according to an ancestrally derived lifestyle, in which most or all food is obtained by foraging, that is, by gathering food from local naturally occurring sources, especially wild edible plants but also insects, fungi, honey, bird eggs, or anything safe to eat, and/or by hunting game (pursuing and/or trapping and killing wild animals, including catching fish).

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Missionary

A missionary is a member of a religious group who is sent into an area in order to promote its faith or provide services to people, such as education, literacy, social justice, health care, and economic development.

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Pelelu Tepu

Pelelu Tepu is an Amerindian village in the hinterland of Suriname.

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Suriname

Suriname, officially the Republic of Suriname (Republiek Suriname), is a country in northern South America, sometimes considered part of the Caribbean and the West Indies.

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Tiriyó language

Tiriyó is the Cariban language used in everyday life by the Tiriyó people, the majority of whom are monolingual.

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Tiriyó people

The Tiriyó (also known as Trio) are an Amerindian ethnic group native to parts of northern Brazil, Suriname, and Guyana. Akurio people and Tiriyó people are Indigenous peoples in Suriname and Indigenous peoples of the Guianas.

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See also

Ethnic groups in Suriname

Hunter-gatherers of South America

Indigenous peoples in Suriname

Indigenous peoples of the Guianas

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akurio_people

Also known as Akuriyo people, Oyaricoulet.