Sranan

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Sranan is an English- and Dutch-influenced creole language spoken primarily in Suriname.


Statements (48)
Predicate Object
instanceOf creole language
language
alternateName Sranan Tongo
Sranantongo
Taki-Taki
closelyRelatedTo Ndyuka language
Saramaccan language
country Suriname
developedInContextOf plantation society in Suriname
glottocode sran1240
hasDomain oral storytelling in Suriname
popular music in Suriname
hasFeature minimal inflectional morphology
phonemic tone absent
reduplication
serial verb constructions
tense-mood-aspect particles
hasOrthography standardized Latin-based orthography
hasStandardizationEffortsBy Surinamese linguists
influencedBy Dutch language
English language
Portuguese language
West African languages
ISO639-3Code srn
languageFamily English-based creole
lexifierLanguage English language
officialStatus recognized lingua franca in Suriname
originPeriod 17th century
primaryRegion coastal areas of Suriname
urban areas of Suriname
spokenBy Afro-Surinamese population
multiethnic communities in Suriname
spokenIn Surinamese diaspora communities
status not an official language of Suriname
substrateLanguage Akan language
Gbe languages
Kikongo language
superstrateLanguage Dutch language
English language
typology analytic language
usedAs interethnic contact language in Suriname
lingua franca in Suriname
usedIn informal communication in Suriname
literature in Suriname
media in Suriname
music in Suriname
wordOrder SVO
writingSystem Latin script

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Sranan Tongo
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