Back Sranantongo Afrikaans لغة سرانان Arabic Sranan tongo AST اسرانان دیلی AZB Sranan Tongo Breton Sranan tongo Catalan Сранан-тонго CE Sranan Tongo Czech Sranan tongo Danish Sranantongo German
| Sranan Tongo | |
|---|---|
| Sranantongo | |
| Native to | Suriname |
| Ethnicity | Afro-Surinamese |
Native speakers | L1: 520,000 (2018)[1] L2: 150,000 |
English Creole
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| Latin | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-2 | srn |
| ISO 639-3 | srn |
| Glottolog | sran1240 |
| Linguasphere | 52-ABB-aw |
Sranan Tongo (Sranantongo, "Surinamese tongue", Sranan, Taki Taki, Surinamese Creole) is an English-based creole language from Suriname, in South America, where it is the first or second language for 519,600 Surinamese people (approximately 80% of the population). It is also spoken in the Netherlands and across the Surinamese diaspora.[1][2][3] It is considered both an unofficial national language and a lingua franca.[2]
Sranan Tongo developed among enslaved Africans from Central and West Africa, especially along the Caribbean coastline, after contact with English planters and indentured workers from 1651–67. Its use expanded to the Dutch colonists who took over the territory in 1667 and decided to maintain the local language as a lingua franca.[3][2] Because the number of English colonists was massively reduced following the arrival of the Dutch, later additions to the language and the presence of African influences have made it distinct from other Afro-Caribbean creoles based on English.[4]
- ^ a b Sranan Tongo at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- ^ a b c "Sranan | language | Britannica".
- ^ a b Braun, Maria (2009). Word-formation and Creolisation: the case of early Sranan. Linguistische Arbeiten. Tübingen: Niemeyer. ISBN 978-3-484-30517-5.
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