Lokono
Lokono | |
|---|---|
| Total population | |
| 10,000 | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela, French Guiana,Trinidad and Tobago | |
| Languages | |
| Arawak | |
| Religion | |
| Indigenous religion | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Taino Garifuna Yamaye |
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.