Suriname creoles

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Atlantic English-lexifier creoles Dutch-lexifier creoles creole language group

Suriname creoles are a group of English- and Dutch-lexifier creole languages spoken in Suriname, shaped by African, Indigenous, and European linguistic influences.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Plantation English of Suriname 1
Suriname creoles canonical 1
Surinamese Creole English 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Atlantic English-lexifier creoles ⓘ
Dutch-lexifier creoles ⓘ
creole language group ⓘ
areSpokenIn Maroon settlements along Marowijne River ⓘ
Maroon settlements along Suriname River ⓘ
Paramaribo ⓘ
Suriname interior ⓘ
country Suriname ⓘ
developedDuring 17th century ⓘ
18th century ⓘ
developedInContextOf plantation slavery in Suriname ⓘ
hasPart Aluku ⓘ
Kwinti ⓘ
Matawai ⓘ
Ndyuka ⓘ
Paramaccan ⓘ
Saramaccan language ⓘ
surface form: Saramaccan

Sranan Tongo ⓘ
Surinamese Dutch-based creoles ⓘ
influencedBy Akan languages ⓘ
Dutch ⓘ
surface form: Dutch language

English language ⓘ
Gbe languages ⓘ
Indigenous Arawakan languages ⓘ
Indigenous Cariban languages ⓘ
Kikongo ⓘ
surface form: Kikongo language

Portuguese language ⓘ
West African languages ⓘ
languageFamily Dutch-based creoles ⓘ
English-based creoles ⓘ
lexiconSource African languages ⓘ
Indigenous languages of Suriname ⓘ
Portuguese language ⓘ
surface form: Portuguese

Spanish ⓘ
lexifierLanguage Dutch ⓘ
English ⓘ
mainRegion coastal Suriname ⓘ
plantation belt of Suriname ⓘ
urban Suriname ⓘ
relatedTo Caribbean English-lexifier creoles ⓘ
Guyana creoles ⓘ
sociolinguisticRole lingua franca among different ethnic groups in Suriname ⓘ
status mostly spoken languages with limited official recognition ⓘ
typologicalFeature SVO word order ⓘ
serial verb constructions ⓘ
tonal or pitch-accent features in some varieties ⓘ
usedBy Afro-Surinamese communities ⓘ
Indigenous communities in contact situations ⓘ
Surinamese Maroons ⓘ
surface form: Maroons of Suriname

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Carib languages → hasSubstrateInfluenceOn → Suriname creoles ⓘ
Pamaka language → developedFrom → Suriname creoles ⓘ
this entity surface form: Plantation English of Suriname
Guyanese Creole → closelyRelatedTo → Suriname creoles ⓘ
this entity surface form: Surinamese Creole English