Taruma people
Hojasu | |
|---|---|
Painting of three Taruma Amerindians by George Catlin (1854-1875) | |
| Total population | |
| Uncertain; descendants found among neighboring tribes | |
| Languages | |
| Various local languages (e. g. Wapishana) & Taruma (endangered) | |
| Religion | |
| Christianity | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Wai-wai, Tiriyó |
The Taruma (Saloema in Suriname; Tarənos in the Tiriyó language, Taruma: Hojasu) are an Indigenous people found in the northern Brazil, southern Guyana, and southern Suriname. They used to speak Taruma which is considered critically endangered and is spoken only by three people today. The Taruma in Suriname have merged with the Tiriyó, in Brazil they merged with the Wai-wai. The Wapishana village of Maruranau in Guyana still recognises the tribe.