Kwinti

Classifications:    Creole, English based, Atlantic, Suriname, Ndyuka.

Comments:         Traditional religion.

Dialects:              Further removed from Ndyuka than Aluku and Paramaccan. Probably needs literature adapted from Ndyuka.

Language Use:    Speakers also use Saramaccan or Sranan Tongo.

Population:          133 (1980 census).

Region:               North central, along the Coppename River, upstream from Carib villages in Kaimanstan and Witagron.

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