The Caribbean, Trinidad and the Guianas
Parikwene
Lands
The Urukauá River in the Uaçá basin of Amapá, Brazil, and Saint-Georges-de-l'Oyapock, Cayenne and the lower Oyapock in French Guiana
Countries Brazil, French Guiana
Facts 3
Language
France recognizes Parikwaki, the Parikwene language, as one of the languages of France spoken in French Guiana.
As of 2015 Source: Ministère de la Culture, Direction des affaires culturelles de Guyane, Langues de France et langues régionales en Guyane: bilan au 7 décembre 2015 (opens in a new tab) Checked Suggest a correction to this fact
Language
The Parikwene speak Parikwaki, a language of the Arawak family; their own name means 'the people of the river of the middle'.
Source: Instituto Socioambiental (ISA), Indigenous Peoples in Brazil, Palikur (opens in a new tab) Checked Suggest a correction to this fact
Today
Parikwene families have villages in both Brazil and French Guiana and travel across the border often to visit kin and to trade.
Source: Instituto Socioambiental (ISA), Indigenous Peoples in Brazil, Palikur (opens in a new tab) Checked Suggest a correction to this fact
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