• 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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    languages, somewhat intelligible with Sranan Tongo, include Saramaka, Paramakan, Ndyuka (also called Aukan), Kwinti and Matawai. Amerindian languages...
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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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    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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    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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    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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    (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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