The Ndyuka people (also spelled 'Djuka') or Aukan people (Okanisi), are one of six Maroon peoples (formerly called "Bush Negroes", which also has pejorative tinges) in the Republic of Suriname and one of the Maroon peoples in French Guiana. The Aukan or Ndyuka speak the Ndyuka language.

Ndyuka is an English-based creole spoken in parts of Suriname and French Guiana by about 67,000 people. In Suriname it is spoken in east of the country in the districts of Brokopondo, Commewijne, Marowijne, Para and Sipaliwini.

Ndyuka / ə n ˈ dʒ uː k ə /, also called Aukan, Okanisi, Ndyuka tongo, Aukaans, Businenge Tongo (considered by some to be pejorative), Eastern Maroon Creole, or Nenge is a creole language of Suriname and French Guiana, spoken by the Ndyuka people.

Ndyuka may refer to: Ndyuka language, a creole language of Suriname, spoken by the Ndyuka people; Ndyuka people, a Maroon ethnic group who live in the eastern part of Suriname

The Ndyuka are one of the largest Maroon ethnic groups, and their culture, beliefs, and aesthetic styles are similar to, but vary slightly from, that of the other five Maroon peoples of the Guianas. The Ndyuka speak a Creole language unique to their people, called Ndyuka or Aukan.

The Ndyuka live in the northern extension of the Amazon rain forest in the Marowijne (Maroni) river basin, which is shared by the Republic of Suriname and French Guiana in South America. The heartland of Ndyuka territory is considered to be the lower part of the Tapanahoni River, a tributary of the Marowijne.

2013年6月26日 · The Ndyuka people, also known as Aukan people or Okanisi sama, are a Maroon Ndyuka creole-speaking ethnic group who live in the deep, interior of the rain forests of Eastern part of Suriname and french Guiana.

Ndyuka are a minority within the multi-ethnic nation of Suriname. Its largest ethnic groups are the Creoles, the descendants of African slaves whose emancipation came with the abolition of slavery in 1863, and the East Indians or Hindustanis, who descend from contract laborers brought to Suriname from the Indian subcontinent after slavery ended.

Today, the traditional Ndyuka way of life is being replaced with modern and commercial amenities and products. Commercialization and modernization have, in the past century, greatly influenced many of the cultural traditions that were forged three hundred years ago. Since the 1970s, Ndyuka art has become more specialized and commercially-oriented.

The Ndyuka are one of six Maroon (or "Bush Negro") groups in Suriname. Maroons are the descendants of rebel African slaves who succeeded in building independent communities in the Americas. After a protracted guerrilla war, they concluded a peace treaty with the Dutch colonial regime in 1760 and were granted semi-independence.