Saramaccan (Saamáka) is a creole language spoken by about 58,000 people of West African descent near the Saramacca and the upper Suriname River, as well...

A Baccoo (bakru in Sranan Tongo, and bakulu or bakuu in Saramaccan language) is a legendary character from Guyanese and Surinamese folklore. Description...

None; liturgical language of the Haitian Vodou religion. Suriname Saramaccan language Boven Suriname Brokopondo Paramaribo French Guiana Netherlands United...

Principense: Almost extinct. Spoken on Príncipe Island, São Tomé and Príncipe. Saramaccan: An English-Portuguese creole spoken in Suriname and French Guyana Indo-Portuguese...

[citation needed] Judeo-Portuguese influenced the Papiamento and Saramaccan languages.[citation needed] The earliest known text containing Judeo-Portuguese...

need not emerge from a pidgin). Prime examples of this are Aukan and Saramaccan, spoken in Suriname, which have vocabulary mainly from Portuguese, English...

An English-based creole language (often shortened to English creole) is a creole language for which English was the lexifier, meaning that at the time...

theoretical linguistics, Shua language McWhorter, John Hamilton (United States, 1965–), creole languages, Saramaccan language Meillet, Antoine (France, 1866–1936)...

concerned with creole languages and their relationship to other languages, often focusing on the Suriname creole language Saramaccan. His work has expanded...

Guinness Book of World Records featured Saramaccan, a creole language, as "the world's least complex language". According to linguists, this claim was...

Kingston (1982): University of the West Indies, Mona. Studies in Saramaccan Language Structures (editor), Amsterdam (1987): University of Amsterdam. Roots...

spoken in Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao. Saramaccan — based mostly on English, Portuguese and African languages, spoken in Suriname Sranan Tongo — based...

Caribbean Saramaccan, creole language of Suriname with vocabulary built based on English, Portuguese, and West and Central African languages Upper Guinea...

Marowijne River Saamaka (Saramaccan) at the Suriname River The sources of the Surinamese Maroon vocabulary are the English language, Portuguese, some Dutch...

over the Americas and languages derived from Portuguese, notably Papiamento spoken on Aruba, Bonaire, and Curaçao; Saramaccan of Suriname; and Cupópia...

H. (1992), "Substratal influence in Saramaccan serial verb construction", Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages, 4 Mufwene, Salikoko (1986), "The Universalist...

The languages of the Caribbean reflect the region's diverse history and culture. There are six official languages spoken in the Caribbean: Spanish (official...

Saint-Jean-du-Maroni Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni Saint-Nazaire Sainte-Rose-de-Lima Saramaccan language Saramaka, French Guiana Saül Scouting in French Guiana Sinnamary...

Dutch; these groups included speakers of Javanese, Sarnami Hindustani, Saramaccan, and varieties of Chinese. Sranan Tongo is commonly but incorrectly cited...

home to Saramaccan Maroons. During the slavery period, they managed to escape from plantations and settled in this region. In addition, Saramaccan villages...

Hindustani), Surinamese-Javanese, and different Maroon languages (especially Saramaccan and Aukan). Since most Surinamese people are multilingual (for instance...

Suriname Saramacca River, Suriname Saramaka or Saramacca peoples Saramaccan language This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title...

Gil has replied that Riau Indonesian has a simpler grammar than Saramaccan, the language McWhorter uses as a showcase for his theory. The same objections...

the person this language can be either the mother tongue, second language or third language (after Dutch or Sranan Tongo). Saramaccan is spoken by the...

Some European-based creole languages, such as Krio, Saramaccan and Papiamento, have tone from their African substratum languages. In some cases, it is difficult...

Also, Saramaccan seems to be a pidgin frozen in the middle of relexification from Portuguese to English. However, in cases of such mixed languages, as Bakker...

language) Cameroonian Pidgin (now also a Creole language) Suriname Sranan Tongo (Surinamese Creole English) Saramaccan (Saramacca–Upper Suriname regions) Surinamese...

(1987), The Dangme Language: An Introductory Survey, London: Macmillan McWhorter, John H.; Good, Jeff (2012). A grammar of Saramaccan Creole. Berlin: De...

British India. The six Maroon languages of Suriname are also considered English-based creole languages, and include Saramaccan, Aukan, Aluku, Paramaccan,...

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