Kwinti people
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kwinti-people-169-3747046
title:
Kwinti people
text:
The Kwinti are a Maroon people, descendants of runaway African slaves, living in the forested interior of Suriname on the bank of the Coppename River, and the eponymous term for their language, which has fewer than 300 speakers. Their language is an English-based creole with Dutch, Portuguese and other influences. It is similar to the languages spoken by the Aluku and Paramaccan Maroons, and split from Sranan Tongo in the middle 18th century. The Kwinti had a population of about 300 in 2014 and
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wiki
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encyclopedia
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Ethnic group
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kwinti_people
date created:
2005-06-17T12:52:17Z
date modified:
2024-08-31T05:35:07Z
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