Kwinti

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A language of Suriname

User Population

250 (2018), decreasing.

Location

Sipaliwini district: Coppename river area, upstream from Kaimanstan and Witagron.

Language Status

6b (Threatened).

Dialects

None known. Further removed from Ndyuka [njt] than Aluku and Paramaccan.

Language Use

Some young people, all adults. Also use Saramaccan [srm]. Also use Sranan Tongo [srn].

Writing

Unwritten [Qaax].

Other Comments

Traditional religion.