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Sranan Tongo

NameSranan
NativenameSranan Tongo
FamilycolorCreole
StatesSuriname
Speakers300,000
Fam1Creole language
Fam2Atlantic
Fam3Suriname
Iso2srn
Iso3srn
Lingua52-ABB-aw

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'Sranan' (also Sranan Tongo or Sranantongo "Surinamean tongue", Surinaams, Surinamese, Suriname Creole, Taki Taki) is a creole language spoken as a lingua franca by approximately 300,000 people in Suriname. It was previously called nengre or in Dutch negerengels ("Negro English").

Since this language is shared between the Dutch-, Javanese-, Hindustani-, and Chinese-speaking communities, most Surinamese speak it as a lingua franca, both the Surinamese in Suriname, a former Dutch colony, as well as the immigrants of Creole-Surinamese origin in the Netherlands.


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