• Mātāwai is a small inland settlement in the Gisborne Region in the northeast of New Zealand's North Island. It is located on the upper reaches of the...
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  • Matawai can refer to: Matawai people, an ethnic group of Suriname Matawai language, the language of Suriname's Matawai people Mātāwai, Gisborne District...
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    The Matawai (also Matuariërs) are a tribe of Surinamese Maroons. The Matawai were originally part of the Saramaka, and signed a peace agreement with the...
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  • Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and Trinidad and Tobago. The Matawai tribe has its own language, which is related to the Saramaka language....
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    of Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki extends from the Mangatu land blocks to Hangaroa Matawai, Pātūtahi and Whataupoko near Gisborne. The boundary also includes Tuamotu...
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    include the Saramaka, Paramaka, Ndyuka or Aukan, Kwinti, Aluku or Boni, and Matawai. The Maroons often raided plantations to recruit new members from the slaves...
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    of a Maroon nation in Suriname and French Guiana. The Ndyuka, Saramaka, Matawai, Aluku, Paramaka and Kwinti nations all have a granman. The paramount chiefs...
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  • 1762, the Dutch signed a peace treaty with the Saramaka. In 1769, the Matawai split from the Saramaka, and asked the Government for weapons against the...
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  • words were cognate to Sranan Tongo, very few (circa 3%) were cognate to Matawai, and about 17% were not found in the other creoles and mainly originated...
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    Commewijne River later Marowijne River, Kwinti at the Coppename River, Matawai at the Saramacca River, Ndyuka (or Aukan) at the Marowijne and Commewijne...
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