Lokono
Sign in to saveAlso known as Arawak
The Lokono or Arawak are an Indigenous peoples from the northern coastal regions of South America. Today, approximately 10,000 Lokono live primarily along the coasts and rivers of Guyana, with smaller numbers in Venezuela, Trinidad, Suriname, French Guiana.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- ethnic group
- Subclass of
- Arahuacos (Arawak)
- Population
- 10000
Show 3 more facts
- language used
- Lokono
- described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
via Wikidata · CC0
~5 min read
Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- Name
- History
- Guyana
- Barbados
- Suriname
- Religion
- Notable Lokono people
- References
The Lokono or Arawak are an Indigenous peoples from the northern coastal regions of South America. Today, approximately 10,000 Lokono live primarily along the coasts and rivers of Guyana, with smaller numbers in Venezuela, Trinidad, Suriname, French Guiana.
They speak the Arawak language, the eponymous language of the Arawakan language family, as well as various Creole languages, and English.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lokono” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.