Paya

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The Paya are an indigenous people who live in northern Honduras. The Paya language is also referred to as Paya. The Payan language family is of uncertain relationships and includes the Paya language.12

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Central American and northern Andean Indian
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…and the Jicaque, Miskito (Mosquito), Paya, and Sumo Indians, as well as many former and runaway African slaves, collaborated with them. These groups, however, at the end of the 20th century, were again relegated to an economically and politically marginal position.
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…and the Jicaque, Miskito (Mosquito), Paya, and Sumo Indians, as well as many former and runaway African slaves, collaborated with them. These groups, however, at the end of the 20th century, were again relegated to an economically and politically marginal position.
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