• Sranan Tongo (Sranantongo "Surinamese tongue", Sranan, Surinaams, Surinamese, Surinamese Creole) is an English-based creole language that is spoken as...
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    an estimated 60% of the population speak Dutch as a native language. Sranan Tongo, an English-based creole language, is a widely used lingua franca. Most...
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    Dutch and Sranan Tongo), the society functions as a diglossia, where Dutch is the standardized and formal prestige register and Sranan Tongo generally...
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    Guyana. In Suriname, languages that have lexically influenced it include Sranan Tongo Creole, Surinamese Dutch and English. Other dialects are spoken in Mauritius...
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  • known as Tongo, an Austronesian language of Papua New Guinea Sranan Tongo, a Creole language of Suriname All pages with titles beginning with Tongo All pages...
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    Javanese Surinamese who form about 14% of the country's population. Sranan Tongo, an English-based creole, serves as one of the lingua francas of Suriname...
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  • and authenticity. The song is mostly written in English and partly in Sranan Tongo, a lingua franca in Suriname. On 4 March 2021 Macrooy and the broadcaster...
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  • language is derived from Plantation Creole which is nowadays known as Sranan Tongo, but the branches diverged around 1690 and evolved separately. The Saramaccan...
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  • A Baccoo (bakru in Sranan Tongo, and bakulu or bakuu in Saramaccan language) is a legendary character from Guyanese and Surinamese folklore. Description...
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  • Helena (Latin, Polish); Eliana (Portuguese); Eline (Dutch, Norwegian, Sranan Tongo); Ileana (Romanian, Italian, Spanish); Ilona (Hungarian, Finnish, Latvian);...
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  • Sranan Tongo, or for short Sranan, an English-based creole language spoken by many people in Suriname, is not an officially recognized language. Until...
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  • Creole init (French Guianan Creole)) (Kréyòl gwiyanè) Sranan Tongo (Surinamese Creole) (Sranan Tongo) Creole language, a stable natural language that develops...
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  • Plantation Creole which is nowadays known as Sranan Tongo in the middle 18th century. Code-switching with Sranan Tongo and Dutch was common among the younger...
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    Marowijne (French: Maroni [maʁɔni]; Dutch: Marowijne [ˌmaːroːˈʋɛi̯nə]; Sranan Tongo: Marwina-Liba) is a river in South America that forms the border between...
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  • birthday song in Suriname. The lyrics are in the Surinamese language Sranan Tongo. The song consists of only two verses of which either the first or both...
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    still produces. A related dish named pinda-dokkunnu ("peanut cheese" in Sranan Tongo) existed in Suriname by 1783. This was more solid than modern peanut...
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    विकिपीडिया (Pāli vikipīḍiyā) Pali Deva pi 7 Unknown date Sranan Tongo Wikipedia Sranan Wikipedia Sranan Tongo Latn srn 7 Unknown date Konkani Wikipedia कोंकणी...
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  • to its diverse population, it has also developed a creole language, Sranan Tongo. Suriname was populated millennia before the Europeans by many distinct...
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  • God zij met ons Suriname (category Articles containing Sranan Tongo-language text)
    countrymen" in Sranan Tongo), is the national anthem of Suriname. It has two verses: the first in Dutch and the second in Sranan Tongo. The original version...
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    Creole language (category Articles containing Sranan Tongo-language text)
    (McWhorter 2018). As one example, McWhorter (2013) notes that the creole Sranan, which has existed for centuries in a diglossic relationship with Dutch...
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    Lelydorp (Sranan Tongo: Kofi Djompo) is the capital city of Wanica District, located in Suriname. With a population of 18,663 (2012), it is the second...
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    speak Dutch, with the effect that local creoles such as Papiamento and Sranan Tongo which were based not on Dutch but rather other European languages, became...
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  • Furthermore, the use of words of West African origin in Surinamese Creole (Sranan Tongo) and Jamaican Patois, such as unu and Bajan dialect wunna or una – West...
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  • Pijin (creolized) Roquetas Pidgin Spanish Russenorsk Settler Swahili Sranan Tongo Taimyr Pidgin Russian Tây Bồi Pidgin French Tinglish Te Parau Tinito...
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  • Suriname national football team (category Articles containing Sranan Tongo-language text)
    The Suriname national football team (Dutch: Surinaams voetbalelftal; Sranan Tongo: Sranankondre fubal pluga) represents Suriname in international football...
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    Peperomia pellucida (category Articles containing Sranan Tongo-language text)
    Peperomia pellucida (also known by common names pepper elder, shining bush plant, and man to man) is an annual, shallow-rooted herb, usually growing to...
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    Agama (from Sranan Tongo meaning "lizard") is a genus of small-to-moderate-sized, long-tailed, insectivorous Old World lizards. The genus Agama includes...
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    and primary state school. Even though French is taught at the school, Sranan Tongo is still the lingua franca (common language) in the region. Antecume...
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    Pickaninny (category Articles containing Sranan Tongo-language text)
    pidgin language used in Southern Africa, the term used is pikanin. In Sranan Tongo and Ndyuka of Suriname the term pikin may refer to 'children' as well...
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    creole and pidgin languages; these include Guyanese Creole in Guyana, Sranan Tongo, Saramaccan, Ndyuka, Matawai, and Kwinti in Suriname, and French Guianese...
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