Aukaans
E617833
Aukaans is a creole language spoken primarily by the Ndyuka (Aukan) Maroon community in Suriname and French Guiana.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Aukaans canonical | 2 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Eastern Maroon Creole
ⓘ
creole language ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Aukaans Tongo
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Aukan NERFINISHED ⓘ Ndyuka NERFINISHED ⓘ Ndyuka Tongo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Aluku
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Pamaka NERFINISHED ⓘ Sranan Tongo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
France
ⓘ
Suriname NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| developedFrom | contact between English and West African languages ⓘ |
| developedInCentury | 17th century ⓘ |
| developedInContext | maroon communities formed by escaped enslaved Africans ⓘ |
| endangeredStatus | vulnerable ⓘ |
| glottocode | ndyu1241 ⓘ |
| hasDialect | Paramacca-influenced varieties ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceFrom |
Dutch
ⓘ
Sranan Tongo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticResearchOn |
phonology
ⓘ
sociolinguistics ⓘ syntax ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalFeature |
little inflectional morphology
ⓘ
serial verb constructions ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature | tonal contrasts ⓘ |
| hasSubstrateLanguage |
Gbe languages
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kikongo NERFINISHED ⓘ Other West African languages ⓘ |
| hasSuperstrateLanguage | English NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSyntacticFeature | SVO basic word order ⓘ |
| ISO639-3Code | djk ⓘ |
| languageFamily | English-based creole ⓘ |
| primaryEthnicGroup | Ndyuka people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region |
Cottica River area
ⓘ
Marowijne River area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
French Guiana
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Suriname NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | living language ⓘ |
| usedAs | community lingua franca among Ndyuka ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Maroon communities
ⓘ
Ndyuka Maroons NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedIn |
oral tradition
ⓘ
rituals ⓘ songs ⓘ storytelling ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.