Akurio
(AKOERIO, AKURI, AKURIJO, AKURIYO, AKULIYO, WAMA, WAYARICURI, OYARICOULET, TRIOMETESEM, TRIOMETESEN) [AKO] 40 to 50 (1977 WT). Southeast jungle. Carib, Northern, East-West Guiana, Wama. Related to, but not inherently intelligible with, Trió. All but one group is living with the Trió, becoming bilingual in Trió. Contacted in 1969. Dialects or related languages: Urukuyana, Kumayena. Nearly extinct.
Alternative Names: Akuriyo, Akoerio, Wama.
Classification:
Cariban, Northern, East-West Guyana, Wama
Population: Total number of members of the ethnic group: ± 50 (Carlin 1998).
Region: Suriname, south and south-west area, on the Tapanahoni and Sipaliwini rivers, in the Trio villages Tëpu (Përëru Tëpu), Kwamalasamutu, and in Palumeu .
