Paramaccan people

The Paramaccan are a Bushinengue ethnic group living in the forested interior of Suriname, mainly in the Marowijne District.

It is also the eponymous term for their language, which is English-based with influences from Portuguese and other languages. It is similar to the languages spoken by the Aluku and Kwinti.

It has less than 1,000 speakers.

See also

Ndyuka language

Ancestry and ethnicity in Suriname

Indigenous	Arawak Lokono Carib Akurio Kali'na Sikiana Tiriyó Wayana Warao

Non-Indigenous	African Maroons Kwinti Ndyuka Paramaccan Saramaka Brazilian Chinese Dutch Indian Javanese Jewish Portuguese

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