Sarnami Hindustani

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Hindustani lect Indo-Aryan language diaspora language

Sarnami Hindustani is a Hindi–Bhojpuri-based Indo-Aryan language developed among Indo-Caribbean communities, particularly in Suriname, from the speech of Indian indentured laborers.

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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form Occurrences
Caribbean Hindustani 4
Sarnami 1
Sarnami Bhojpuri 1

Statements (60)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Hindustani lect ⓘ
Indo-Aryan language ⓘ
diaspora language ⓘ
alternativeName Sarnami Hindustani ⓘ
surface form: Sarnami

Sarnami Hindustani ⓘ
surface form: Sarnami Bhojpuri

Sarnami Hindustani ⓘ
surface form: Sarnami Hindi

Sarnami Hindustani ⓘ
surface form: Sarnami Hindustani Hindi
closelyRelatedTo Bhojpuri ⓘ
Sarnami Hindustani self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Caribbean Hindustani

Fiji Hindi ⓘ
Bhojpuri ⓘ
surface form: Mauritian Bhojpuri
country Netherlands ⓘ
Suriname ⓘ
developedFrom Awadhi ⓘ
Bhojpuri ⓘ
Hindi ⓘ
surface form: Hindustani
developedFromSpeechOf Indian indentured laborers ⓘ
developedInCommunity Indo-Caribbean community ⓘ
developedInCountry Suriname ⓘ
ethnicGroup Indo-Caribbean people ⓘ
surface form: Hindustani Surinamese

Indo-Caribbean ⓘ
Indo-Caribbean people ⓘ
surface form: Indo-Surinamese
hasGlottocode sarn1240 ⓘ
hasLanguageCode ISO 639-3: hns ⓘ
hasLiterature yes ⓘ
hasStandardizationEfforts yes ⓘ
hasWritingSystem Devanagari script ⓘ
Latin alphabet ⓘ
surface form: Latin script
historicalScript Kaithi script ⓘ
influencedBy Caribbean Dutch ⓘ
Atlantic English Creole ⓘ
surface form: Caribbean English

Dutch ⓘ
surface form: Dutch language

Sranan Tongo ⓘ
languageFamily Indo-Aryan languages ⓘ
Indo-European languages ⓘ
Indo-Iranian languages ⓘ
lexicalInfluenceFrom Awadhi ⓘ
Bhojpuri ⓘ
Hindi ⓘ
surface form: Standard Hindi

Urdu language ⓘ
surface form: Urdu
primaryRegion French Guiana ⓘ
British Guiana ⓘ
surface form: Guyana

Netherlands ⓘ
Suriname ⓘ
spokenByMinorityIn Suriname ⓘ
spokenInDiasporaCommunity Indo-Caribbean people ⓘ
Indo-Caribbean people ⓘ
surface form: Indo-Guyanese people

Indo-Caribbean people ⓘ
surface form: Indo-Surinamese people
statusInSuriname important minority language ⓘ
subfamilyOf Central Zone of Indo-Aryan languages ⓘ
surface form: Central Indo-Aryan languages

Eastern Hindi languages ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Hindi–Bhojpuri continuum
timePeriodOfFormation early 20th century ⓘ
late 19th century ⓘ
usedFor cultural expression ⓘ
daily communication ⓘ
religious practice ⓘ
usedInMedia radio programs in Suriname ⓘ
usedInMusicGenre Baithak Gana ⓘ
usedInReligion Hinduism ⓘ
Islam ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

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

Sarnami Hindustani → alternativeName → Sarnami Hindustani ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sarnami
Sarnami Hindustani → alternativeName → Sarnami Hindustani ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sarnami Hindi
Sarnami Hindustani → alternativeName → Sarnami Hindustani ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sarnami Hindustani Hindi
Sarnami Hindustani → alternativeName → Sarnami Hindustani ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sarnami Bhojpuri
Fiji Hindi → closelyRelatedTo → Sarnami Hindustani ⓘ
this entity surface form: Caribbean Hindustani
Sarnami Hindustani → closelyRelatedTo → Sarnami Hindustani self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Caribbean Hindustani
Paramaribo → commonLanguagesSpoken → Sarnami Hindustani ⓘ
Bhojpuri → hasDialect → Sarnami Hindustani ⓘ
this entity surface form: Caribbean Hindustani
Indo-Caribbean people → heritageLanguage → Sarnami Hindustani ⓘ
Trinidad and Tobago → recognizedLanguage → Sarnami Hindustani ⓘ
this entity surface form: Trinidadian Hindustani
Chutney music → typicalLanguage → Sarnami Hindustani ⓘ
this entity surface form: Caribbean Hindustani