• and Trinidad and Tobago. The Matawai tribe has its own language which is related to the Saramaka language. The language is derived from Plantation Creole...
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  • Matawai can refer to: Matawai people, an ethnic group of Suriname Matawai language, the language of Suriname's Matawai people Mātāwai, Gisborne District...
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    The Matawai (also Matuariërs) are a tribe of Surinamese Maroons. The Matawai were originally part of the Saramaka, and signed a peace agreement with the...
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  • words were cognate to Sranan Tongo, very few (circa 3%) were cognate to Matawai, and about 17% were not found in the other creoles and mainly originated...
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  • Kwinti people (category CS1 Dutch-language sources (nl))
    1762, the Dutch signed a peace treaty with the Saramaka. In 1769, the Matawai split from the Saramaka, and asked the Government for weapons against the...
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  • (Aukan, Eastern Maroon Creole), in Suriname Paramaccan Kwinti, in Suriname Matawai Pacific South East Asian Singlish Australia Australian Kriol Torres Strait...
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    Aukan that they can be considered dialects of the Aukan language. The same can be said about Matawai, which is mutually intelligible with Saramaccan. Javanese...
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    Surinamese people (category Articles with Indonesian-language sources (id))
    Saramaccans. Other smaller tribes include the Aluku, Paramaccan, Kwinti and Matawai tribe. Indo-Surinamese form 27% of the population. They are descendants...
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    Surinamese Maroons (category CS1 French-language sources (fr))
    Commewijne River later Marowijne River, Kwinti at the Coppename River, Matawai at the Saramacca River, Ndyuka (or Aukan) at the Marowijne and Commewijne...
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    (Ndyuka language: gaanman) is the title of the paramount chief of a Maroon nation in Suriname and French Guiana. The Ndyuka, Saramaka, Matawai, Aluku,...
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    Afro-Surinamese (category CS1 Dutch-language sources (nl))
    Saramaka, the Paramaka, the Ndyuka (Aukan), the Kwinti, the Aluku (Boni), the Matawai, and the Brooskampers. By 1740, the maroons had formed clans and felt strong...
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    languages, somewhat intelligible with Sranan Tongo, include Saramaka, Paramakan, Ndyuka (also called Aukan), Kwinti and Matawai. Amerindian languages...
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  • Motu (category Language and nationality disambiguation pages)
    area), Niue Motu River, New Zealand Motu, New Zealand, a settlement near Matawai Motu Hafoka (born 1987), Samoan footballer Motu Matu'u (born 1987), New...
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    warfare in Suriname. The Saramaka and the Matawai (in central Suriname) speak variants of a creole language called Saramaccan. The Ndyuka, Paramaka, and...
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  • Total population 350,000 (2013) Languages Dutch, Sranan Tongo, Sarnami Hindustani, English, Ndyuka, Saramaccan, Matawai, Aluku, Paramaccan, Kwinti, Javanese...
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  • Te Hui Ahurei a Tuhoe (category CS1 Māori-language sources (mi))
    Whakatāne i-SITE. Retrieved 14 June 2023. Mātāwai, Te (7 April 2023). "Te Hui Ahurei a Tūhoe". Te Mātāwai (in Māori). Retrieved 14 June 2023. "Hui Ahurei...
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  • Māori Television Service (category Māori language)
    appointed by the Government. Now Māori interests are represented by Te Mātāwai (a legislative group comprising representatives from Māori organisations...
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    appointed to the 13-member Board of Te Mātāwai, the organisation in charge of the revitalization of the Māori language. She has been a member of the Waikato...
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    The Guianas (category CS1 French-language sources (fr))
    number of creole and pidgin languages; these include Guyanese Creole in Guyana, Sranan Tongo, Saramaccan, Ndyuka, Matawai, and Kwinti in Suriname, and...
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    Aluku (redirect from Aluku language)
    people was Winti, a synthesis of African religion traditions. Among the Matawai and Saramaka people in Suriname, the missionary activities of the Moravian...
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  • List of contemporary ethnic groups (category CS1 Turkish-language sources (tr))
    group tends to be associated with shared ancestry, history, homeland, language or dialect and cultural heritage; where the term "culture" specifically...
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    Maroons (category Articles containing Spanish-language text)
    the Paramaka, the Ndyuka (Aukan), the Kwinti, the Aluku (Boni), and the Matawai.: 295,   The Ndyuka were the first to sign a peace treaty offering them...
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    Maripaston (category Matawai settlements)
    located along the Saramacca River and used to be the main village of the Matawai maroons. The wood plantation Sonnette was located at the site since at...
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    Kwakoegron (category Matawai settlements)
    it has a population of 263, and is mainly inhabited by Maroons, of the Matawai people. The resort and town are named after Kwakoe, the native word for...
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    Johannes King (category Matawai)
    and the first important writer in Sranan Tongo. King belonged to the Matawai tribe, and performed his missionary activities for the Moravian Church...
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    Ndyuka people (category CS1 Dutch-language sources (nl))
    CITEREFScholten1994 (help) Beet, Chris de (1981). People in between: the Matawai Maroons of Suriname (PDF). Krips Repro, Meppel. p. 375. {{cite book}}:...
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    Nieuw Jacobkondre (category Matawai settlements)
    Suriname. It is situated on the Saramacca River. The village is inhabited by Matawai people. The village of Jacobkondre was founded in the 1860s by Jacob Tooti...
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  • Pakkapakka (category Matawai settlements)
    The village is inhabited by Matawai people. The village was founded in the 1860s and was originally home to both Matawai and Kwinti people. The village...
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    Whakatōhea (category Articles containing Māori-language text)
    along the coastline eastwards from Ōhiwa Harbour to Opape, and inland to Mātāwai, and is centred in the area around the town of Ōpōtiki. These lands have...
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    Ōtamahua / Quail Island (category Articles containing Māori-language text)
    in 1931. Other leprosy patients included Jim Lord, Jim Kokiri, Pakira Matawai, Ah Pat, Ipirini Apa Apa, and Ah Yip. Will Vallance, from Queensland, had...
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