Lokono

The Lokono or Arawak (Eastern Maroon Creole: Aluwaka) 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, Suriname, and French Guiana.

They speak the Lokono language, the eponymous language of the Arawakan language family, as well as various Creole languages, and English.