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Sranan Tongo
Minggu, 2026-06-28 18:22:49

Sranan Tongo (Sranantongo, "Surinamese tongue", Sranan, Surinamese Creole) is an English-based creole language from Suriname, in South America, where it...

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Surinamese people
Jumat, 2026-05-22 12:48:23

Surinamese people (Sranan Tongo: Srananman), also known as Surinamers, are people who identify with the country of Suriname. This connection may be residential...

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Sranan Tongo phonology and orthography
Jumat, 2025-10-03 12:52:54

Sranan Tongo, or for short Sranan, an English-based creole language spoken by many people in Suriname, is not an official language of Surinam but it has...

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Suriname
Rabu, 2026-08-19 18:54:00

education; an estimated 60% of the population speaks Dutch as a native language. Sranan Tongo, an English-based creole language, is a widely used lingua franca[citation...

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Sarnami Hindustani
Jumat, 2026-07-24 01:29:00

extent Portuguese and loanwords from other Surinamese languages such as Sranan Tongo. Sarnami is considered to be the mother tongue of the Indo-Surinamese...

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The Guianas
Kamis, 2026-08-20 07:07:48

Guyanes, Portuguese: as Guianas, Spanish: Guayana; Sranan Tongo: den Gayana(kondre) [ɡajana(kondɾe)] or Sranan Tongo: den Kayana(kondre) [kajana(kondɾe)] "Population...

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Maroni (river)
Selasa, 2026-08-04 09:04:10

The Maroni (French: [maʁɔni]) or Marowijne (Dutch: [maːroːˈʋɛinə]; Sranan Tongo: Marwina-Liba) is a river in South America that forms the border between...

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SCCN
Minggu, 2026-08-02 15:11:44

Paramaribo Suriname Broadcast area Paramaribo Programming Languages Dutch, Sranan Tongo Format Full service Ownership Owner Rudisa History First air date...

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Baccoo
Jumat, 2026-03-13 19:42:20

A Baccoo (bakru in Sranan Tongo, and bakulu or bakuu in Saramaccan language) is a mythical character from Guyanese and Surinamese folklore. Description...

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Elena (given name)
Jumat, 2026-07-31 07:02:54

(French); Helena (Latin, Polish); Eliana (Portuguese); Eline (Dutch, Norwegian, Sranan Tongo); Ileana (Romanian, Italian, Spanish); Ilona (Hungarian, Finnish,...

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A di mi yere yu friyari
Senin, 2026-05-04 14:48:35

popular birthday song in Suriname. The lyrics are in the Surinamese language Sranan Tongo. The song consists of only two verses of which either the first or...

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Ramasha Media Group
Kamis, 2026-08-06 19:15:46

Saramacca District. The company targets the Hindustani community in Dutch, Sranan Tongo and Sarnami Hindustani. It is a full service station with entertainment...

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Cayenne
Senin, 2026-08-10 21:08:18

(/keɪˈɛn/; French pronunciation: [kajɛn] ; Guianese Creole French: Kayenn; Sranan Tongo: Kayana, [kajana]; Eastern Maroon Creole: Kayen or Kayeni) is the...

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Surinamese people in the Netherlands
Rabu, 2026-06-03 06:28:53

festivals in the Netherlands and there are many signs that are written in Sranan Tongo, a Surinamese Creole language. Amsterdam, the Dutch city with most...

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Languages of South America
Rabu, 2026-02-18 12:15:46

the Javanese Surinamese who form about 14% of the Suriname's population. Sranan Tongo, an English-based creole, serves as one of the lingua francas of Suriname...

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Koto (traditional clothing)
Rabu, 2026-05-20 20:07:47

Suriname. Women who wear the dress are called kotomisi (misi means miss in Sranan Tongo). Different kotos exist for various occasions like weddings or funerals...

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Birth of a New Age
Sabtu, 2026-02-28 05:07:22

resilience and authenticity. The song is mostly written in English and partly in Sranan Tongo, a lingua franca in Suriname. On 4 March 2021 Macrooy and the broadcaster...

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Afro-Surinamese
Kamis, 2026-06-11 13:00:47

influence. They had their own religion, Winti, and their own language, Sranan Tongo. They also used this as a subtle form of resistance. For example,...

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Suriname national football team
Kamis, 2026-08-20 09:59:16

The Suriname national football team (Dutch: Surinaams voetbalelftal, Sranan Tongo: Sranankondre fubal pluga) represents Suriname in men's international...

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Kwinti language
Jumat, 2025-10-10 15:43:35

Plantation Creole which is nowadays known as Sranan Tongo in the middle 18th century. Code-switching with Sranan Tongo and Dutch was common among the younger...

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Saramaccan language
Senin, 2026-07-27 06:34:54

language is derived from Plantation Creole, which is nowadays known as Sranan Tongo, but the branches diverged around 1690 and evolved separately. The...

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Dutch language
Kamis, 2026-08-13 18:00:36

speak Dutch, with the effect that local creoles such as Papiamento and Sranan Tongo which were based not on Dutch but rather other European languages...

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Oscar Harris
Jumat, 2025-04-18 20:25:49

"Sandy" and "Oh Tuhan". In 2015 TopNotch released a compilation CD in the Sranan Gowtu-series (Surinamese Gold) devoted to Surinamese artists, mainly from...

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Paramaribo
Jumat, 2026-08-21 00:25:29

PAR-ə-MAR-ib-oh; Dutch: [ˌpaːraːˈmaːriboː] ; Sranan Tongo: [paɾaˈmaɾibo]; Eastern Maroon Creole: Palamalibo. Sranan Tongo: [ˈfoto]; lit. 'city'. "City Population:...

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Ketikoti
Kamis, 2026-07-02 19:30:02

Cohesion. Lexington Books. ISBN 9780739113974. "SIL, Languages of Surinam, Sranan-Nederlands Woordenboek". Archived from the original on 12 July 2020. Retrieved...

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Peanut butter
Senin, 2026-08-03 15:52:07

still produces. A related dish named pinda-dokkunnu ('peanut cheese' in Sranan Tongo) existed in Suriname by 1783. This was more solid than modern peanut...

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List of Latin-script letters
Jumat, 2026-08-07 05:08:45

Sisaala, Slovak, Accented Slovenian, Southern Balochi, Sokoro, Spanish, Sranan Tongo, Sursurunga, Tee, Tem, Tigon, Tongan, Tsuvadi, Tucano, Tunen, Tutchone...

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Pidgin
Minggu, 2026-05-24 21:50:38

Roquetas Pidgin Spanish Russenorsk Settler Swahili Simplified English Surzhyk Sranan Tongo Taimyr Pidgin Russian Tây Bồi Pidgin French Tinglish Te Parau Tinito...

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French Guiana
Minggu, 2026-08-16 22:38:29

eastern areas. However, in western French Guiana, Maroon languages like Sranan Tongo have become more dominant. Maroon languages are spoken mainly along...

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Kwinti people
Rabu, 2024-12-04 06:08:33

the languages spoken by the Aluku and Paramaccan Maroons, and split from Sranan Tongo in the middle 18th century. The Kwinti had a population of about 300...

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Kwakoe
Senin, 2025-10-13 09:01:37

is regularly the meeting point for konmakandras (meaning meeting in the Sranan Tongo language of Suriname), encounters and manifestations. Sculptor and...

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Demographics of Suriname
Minggu, 2026-08-09 17:48:26

Indo-Surinamese had the lowest fertility with 1.78 children per woman. Sranan Tongo, a local English-based creole language, is the most widely used vernacular...

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Javanese Surinamese
Rabu, 2026-08-12 13:33:29

Indonesian archipelago, coupled with intensive language contact with Dutch and Sranan Tongo, has resulted in significant morphological and phonological divergences...

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Brazilians in Suriname
Selasa, 2026-04-21 11:07:00

with significant populations Albina · Paramaribo Languages Portuguese · Sranan Tongo Religion Roman Catholicism Related ethnic groups Brazilian diaspora...

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Indo-Surinamese
Jumat, 2026-08-21 10:12:50

Suriname      148,443 Netherlands 200,000 Languages Sarnámi Hindustáni, Dutch, Sranan Tongo Religion Majority: Hinduism Minority: Islam, Christianity, Irreligion...

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Christian Ludwig Schumann
Rabu, 2026-07-08 20:49:48

Saramaccan–German dictionary, and the 1783 Neger-Englisches Wörter-Buch, a Sranan Tongo–German dictionary. Schumann's dictionaries are among the most important...

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Rapar Broadcasting Network
Minggu, 2026-08-02 08:25:36

MHz 92,1 MHz 89,7 MHz (all in Paramaribo) Programming Languages Dutch, Sranan Tongo Format Full service Ownership Owner Pierkhan Family History First...

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God zij met ons Suriname
Kamis, 2026-07-16 11:25:09

("Rise, countrymen" in Sranan Tongo), is the national anthem of Suriname. It has two verses: the first in Dutch and the second in Sranan Tongo. The original...

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Indigenous peoples in Suriname
Kamis, 2026-06-11 13:17:42

Carib-Kari'nja, Sikiana-Kashuyana, Tiro-Tiriyó, Waiwai, Warao, Wayana, Dutch, Sranan Tongo, English Religion Native American religion, Christianity (Catholicism...

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Guyanese Creole
Senin, 2026-08-17 22:44:00

legacy. Nation language Jamaican patois Trinidadian Creole Tobagonian Creole Sranan Tongo Creole language Spanglish Guyanese Creole at Ethnologue (25th ed....

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Diitabiki
Kamis, 2026-06-11 15:45:09

Drietabbetje, also known by its Ndyuka name Diitabiki (Sranan Tongo: Dritabiki), is a Ndyuka village in the Sipaliwini District of Suriname. Diitabiki...

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Surinamese dollar
Selasa, 2026-05-26 04:41:11

The Surinamese dollar (ISO 4217 code SRD; Sranan Tongo: Sranandala) has been the currency of Suriname since 2004. It is divided into 100 cent. The Surinamese...

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Nigerian Pidgin
Rabu, 2026-08-19 09:09:52

doti-doti meaning "garbage". Words of West African origin in Surinamese Creole (Sranan Tongo) and Jamaican Patois, such as unu and Bajan dialect wunna or una –...

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Creole language
Rabu, 2026-08-12 06:45:17

(McWhorter 2018). As one example, McWhorter (2013) notes that the creole Sranan, which has existed for centuries in a diglossic relationship with Dutch...

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Surinamese Dutch
Jumat, 2026-07-10 10:39:39

language by about 80% of the population, most of them being bilingual with Sranan Tongo, Sarnámi Hindustáni, English, Javanese, or other languages. Nevertheless...

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Papa Touwtjie
Kamis, 2026-04-16 02:34:10

his first album Gangster. He was thus the first dancehall rapper in the Sranan language. His music was mainly listened by the youth from the poor neighborhoods...

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Dutch Surinamese
Selasa, 2026-08-04 16:18:45

Dutch Surinamese (Dutch: Boeroes; Sranan Tongo: Buru) are Surinamese people of Dutch descent. Dutch migrants and settlers in search of a better life and...

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Trafassi
Sabtu, 2025-10-18 20:00:25

Netherlands they scored hits like Wasmasjien, Lollypop and Punani. Trafassi (Sranan Tongo for "a different way") was founded in 1981 by former members of The...

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Apoera
Rabu, 2026-04-22 01:47:04

to the influx of people of Guyana, the languages used are English, and Sranan Tongo. Dutch is rarely spoken and the native language has all but disappeared...

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Winti
Sabtu, 2026-07-11 09:20:47

Dutch; education in their own language, Sranan Tongo, was forbidden; and children were not allowed to speak Sranan Tongo in schools. After the turn of the...

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Jamaican Patois
Rabu, 2026-08-12 23:37:43

Caribbean Creoles (that is, Guyanese Creole and San Andrés-Providencia Creole; Sranan Tongo is excluded) /fi/ has a number of functions, including: Directional...

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Antécume-Pata
Kamis, 2025-05-01 03:03:30

nursery and primary state school. Even though French is taught at the school, Sranan Tongo is still the lingua franca (common language) in the region. Antécume-Pata...

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Dutch Caribbean
Jumat, 2026-08-07 09:20:56

Other languages, such as Portuguese, Haitian Creole, French, Italian, Sranan Tongo, German, Chinese, Tagalog, Hindi, are also spoken by smaller communities...

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Dutch colonisation of the Guianas
Kamis, 2026-05-07 21:23:34

slaves), Javanese, Amerindians, and others. Languages like Dutch (official), Sranan Tongo (lingua franca), and various ethnic languages are spoken. The culture...

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Chinese Surinamese
Senin, 2026-04-27 01:26:59

Paramaribo · Wanica Languages Hakka · Cantonese · Hokkien · Mandarin · Dutch · Sranan Tongo Religion No religion · Christianity · Chinese folk religion (incl...

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Peperomia pellucida
Minggu, 2026-01-04 21:22:02

Peperomia pellucida (also known by common names pepper elder, shining bush plant, crab claw herb, and man to man) is an annual, shallow-rooted herb, usually...

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Meerzorg
Selasa, 2024-08-27 00:25:39

Meerzorg (Sranan Tongo: Ansu) is a town and resort (municipality) in Suriname, located on the eastern bank of the Suriname River, directly opposite the...

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List of multilingual countries and regions
Jumat, 2026-08-07 08:18:33

by American and British residents.[citation needed] In Suriname, Dutch, Sranan, and English are spoken by large segments of the population (as the national...

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History of Suriname
Jumat, 2026-05-08 05:30:46

Owing to its diverse population, it has also developed a creole language, Sranan Tongo. Suriname was populated millennia before the Europeans by many distinct...

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South America
Rabu, 2026-08-19 17:30:40

Spanish as national languages. Other languages found in South America include Sranan Tongo, Hindustani and Javanese in Suriname; Italian in Argentina, Brazil...

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Coronie District
Kamis, 2026-06-11 18:26:40

protected area which was established in 1987 and covers 27,200 hectares. Sranan Tongo: Kosu, Caribbean Hindustani: Karoni, Caribbean Javanese: Keròni "Resorts...

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Chinese sausage
Senin, 2026-07-20 02:58:50

integration]. In Van Binnendijk, Chandra; Faber, Paul (eds.). Sranan. Cultuur in Suriname [Sranan. Culture in Suriname] (PDF) (in Dutch). Paramaribo: Vaco...

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Scots Wikipedia
Senin, 2026-07-20 04:16:10

Tok Pisin (Papuan Pidgin) Wikipedia, the Jamaican Patois Wikipedia, the Sranan Tongo Wikipedia, the Nigerian Pidgin Wikipedia, and the Ghanaian Pidgin...

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Max Nijman
Selasa, 2025-05-27 01:47:28

a Brook Benton song at a football game. He then moved on to singing in Sranan. In 1968, Nijman gave a well-attended farewell performance in Paramaribo...

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Dougla people
Selasa, 2026-05-19 22:58:52

Languages Caribbean English (predominantly Trinidadian Creole, Guyanese Creole, Sranan Tongo, Jamaican Patois, Saint Lucian Creole), French, Dutch, Papiamento...

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Marylin Simons
Jumat, 2026-07-31 22:01:51

characters show the diversity in Surinamese Dutch, which alternates from Sranan Tongo to "Algemeen Beschaafd Nederlands", the old term for posh civilized...

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Terefah
Sabtu, 2025-04-05 18:21:47

from Sranan Tongo trefu and ultimately from terefah due to influence from Sephardi Jews who came to Suriname in the 17th century (similarly to Sranan kaseri...

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Nutmeg (association football)
Minggu, 2026-07-12 11:58:02

Netherlands, which is called 'Panna Knock-Out' (after panna; Surinamese Sranan Tongo for gate, and borrowed in Dutch slang for nutmeg). This game depends...

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Commewijne River
Sabtu, 2025-04-19 08:16:58

Commewijne River (Sranan Tongo: Kawina-liba) is a river in northern Suriname. It originates in the jungle 100 or more miles southeast of Paraibo and meanders...

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Kashrut
Minggu, 2026-08-09 22:53:11

non-badatz agencies also doing so. A treef (Surinamese Dutch, derived from Sranan Tongo trefu) is a food taboo. In Suriname certain groups of people have...

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Brooskampers
Jumat, 2026-07-24 12:04:10

Brooskampers Bakabusi Nengre Total population n/a Languages Sranan Tongo, Dutch formerly: undefined English based creole Religion Roman Catholic & Winti...

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Agama (lizard)
Rabu, 2026-04-22 03:13:50

Agama (from Sranan Tongo meaning "lizard") is a genus of small-to-moderate-sized, long-tailed, insectivorous Old World lizards. The genus Agama includes...

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Chinese people in the Netherlands
Kamis, 2026-04-09 12:30:55

Eindhoven (3,200) Languages Dutch Indonesian (incl Javanese and Malay) Sranan Tongo Chinese dialects (largely Cantonese and Hakka among older migrants...

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Brokopondo District
Selasa, 2026-07-14 23:07:37

2015-2040" (PDF). Planning Office Suriname (in Dutch). Retrieved 29 May 2020. "Sranan. Cultuur in Suriname". Digital Library for Dutch Literature (in Dutch)....

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List of creole languages
Kamis, 2026-08-20 22:00:25

on English, but also Portuguese, and West and Central African languages Sranan Tongo, English-based creole language and (lingua franca) spoken in Suriname...

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Mediterranean Lingua Franca
Sabtu, 2026-07-18 02:14:32

European-based pidgins and creole languages, such as Tok Pisin, Papiamento, Sranan Tongo, Krio and Chinese Pidgin English. Those languages use forms similar...

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Lelydorp
Sabtu, 2026-05-02 15:26:25

Lelydorp (Sranan Tongo: Kofi Djompo) is the capital city of Wanica District, located in Suriname's north. With a population of 18,663 (2012), it is the...

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Paramaccan people
Kamis, 2026-06-11 14:02:20

languages spoken by the Ndyuka and Kwinti, and mutually intelligible with Sranan Tongo. Paramaccan is the youngest of the Surinamese pidgin languages. The...

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André Pakosie
Kamis, 2026-02-19 07:55:55

written more than 30 books as of 1972, in the following languages: Dutch, Sranan Tongo and the Ndyuka or Okanisi language. The books are mainly about the...

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Grote Stadskerk
Jumat, 2026-07-31 01:37:44

Grote Stadskerk (Sranan Tongo: Mamakerki) is a church of the Moravian Church. It is located on Steenbakkerijstraat in the historic centre of Paramaribo...

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Kawina (music)
Jumat, 2025-12-05 06:24:18

Commewijne and the district with the same name: both are called kauna in Sranan Tongo. There are several theories about the origin of this name. According...

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List of language names
Jumat, 2026-08-21 14:24:00

Sḵwx̱wú7mesh sníchim Spoken in: southwestern British Columbia , Canada Sranan Tongo – Sranantongo Spoken in: Suriname Stoney – Nakoda, Nakota, Isga, Îyethka...

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Clarence Seedorf
Sabtu, 2026-08-15 03:15:03

six languages fluently: Dutch, English, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish and Sranan Tongo. He was often seen as a spiritual, intelligent and articulate figure...

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Sarakreek
Sabtu, 2025-09-13 16:23:57

United News (in Dutch). Retrieved 19 May 2020. Bing Maps - Sarakreek "Sranan. Cultuur in Suriname". Digital Library for Dutch Literature (in Dutch)....

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Sophie Redmond
Jumat, 2026-06-05 23:21:08

late 1940s, she answered questions on these topics in the Creole language Sranan Tongo on the Surinamese radio station AVROS, where she had a weekly program...

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Portuguese in the Netherlands
Sabtu, 2026-05-16 04:30:36

Portuguese-based creole now official language in Aruba, Curaçao and Bonaire) and of Sranan Tongo, an English-based creole influenced by Portuguese spoken by more than...

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Granman
Kamis, 2026-06-11 14:20:13

Suriname are nowadays also often called “granman”. The word comes from the Sranan Tongo language, a creole spoken in Suriname, and is derived from grand +...

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Buckra
Jumat, 2025-12-12 21:36:55

(pronounced "baykay"), which is also thought to be derived from mbakara. In Sranan Tongo, a creole language in the former Dutch colony Suriname, the term occurs...

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Kreyol
Sabtu, 2025-03-01 09:57:36

(disambiguation) Kriolu Dominican Creole (Kwéyòl) Saint Lucian Creole (Kwéyòl) Sranan Tongo (Surinamese Creole) This disambiguation page lists articles associated...

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National personification
Kamis, 2026-08-20 05:53:31

Springbok - Antidorcas Marsupialis. Retrieved 2025-03-03. "Kunstschatten: Mama Sranan - Parbode Magazine". Archived from the original on 2016-04-14. Retrieved...

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West Indian Americans
Senin, 2026-07-27 09:32:41

Guyanese Creole, Trinidadian Creole, Tobagonian Creole, Bajan Creole, Sranan Tongo, Bahamian Creole, Virgin Islands Creole, etc.), French, French-based...

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Portuguese language
Rabu, 2026-08-19 16:52:42

Tetum, Xitsonga, Japanese, Lanc-Patuá, Esan, Bandari (spoken in Iran) and Sranan Tongo (spoken in Suriname). It left a strong influence on the língua brasílica...

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List of television stations in Suriname
Sabtu, 2026-08-01 06:39:03

Channel 18-1, 2 (Digital) Trishul Channel 20-1,2,3,4,5,6 (Digital) 20-2 Sranan tv tv 20-3 Madani TV, 20-4 TBN2 20-5 Buzz tv TV 20.6_ TBN Garuda TV Channel...

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Taki
Selasa, 2026-05-19 02:13:34

musical work of Argentine composer Victor Heredia Taki Taki, a former name of Sranan Tongo, a language of Suriname Taki Unquy, a 16th-century movement in the...

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Katwijk, Suriname
Jumat, 2022-07-01 17:22:21

Katwijk (Sranan Tongo: Juliansi) is coffee plantation and village in the Alkmaar resort of the Commewijne District of Suriname. It is the only coffee plantation...

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Totness, Suriname
Rabu, 2026-04-08 15:14:49

victim of the December murders. Michaël Slory (1935–2018), poet mainly in Sranan Tongo Ervin Tjon-A-Loi (born 1995), footballer Letitia Vriesde (born 1964)...

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Gerda Havertong
Jumat, 2026-03-13 08:54:53

Havertong returned to Surinam with her husband. In 1977 she sang a song in the Sranan Tongo language in the television series Kon hesi baka - Kom gauw terug....

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Witagron
Jumat, 2025-10-17 20:32:41

Paramaribo to Apoera in West-Suriname. The name of the village means in Sranan Tongo 'Land of my forefathers'. Witagron is the residence of the Kwinti...

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Matawai people
Kamis, 2026-06-11 13:53:21

villages, but code switching with Sranan Tongo, other Maroon languages, and Dutch is common. In the urban areas, Sranan Tongo and Dutch have become the...

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Donderskamp
Rabu, 2026-04-22 01:44:28

by the tribe, however as of 2014, it is only spoken by the elderly, and Sranan Tongo and Dutch have become the main languages. The village can be reached...

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Dutch hip-hop
Selasa, 2026-07-14 21:58:15

first to reach the Dutch main chart with number 1 hits such as Doekoe (Sranan Tongo for 'money'; 1999), and Schudden ("Shake (it)"/"Shaking"; 2001) with...

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English-based creole languages
Minggu, 2026-08-09 13:31:27

Bajan Dialect Barbados 257,000 (2018) Guyanese Creole Guyana 715,200 (2021) Sranan Tongo Suriname 669,600 (2016–2018) Including 150,000 L2 users Saramaccan...

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Languages of the Caribbean
Senin, 2026-08-10 00:47:17

(immigrants), Haitian Creole (immigrants) Suriname 541,638 Dutch Dutch, Sranan Tongo, Sarnami Hindustani (Hindi-Urdu), Surinamese-Javanese, Ndyuka, Saramaccan...

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Dance in Suriname
Selasa, 2026-08-04 07:32:14

Aminah (1992). "Dans". In van Binnendijk, Chandra; Faber, Paul (eds.). Sranan, Cultur in Suriname (in Dutch). Amsterdam: Koninklijk Instituut voor de...

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South Antiguan Creole
Sabtu, 2026-05-16 11:39:45

as well as the absence of the pronoun hi (he). It is possibly related to Sranan Tongo. South Antiguan Creole has a distinct pronominal system from North...

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List of Wikipedias
Selasa, 2026-08-18 18:24:33

Frisian Latn stq 4,195 14 12 Nov 2008 [citation needed] Sranan Tongo Wikipedia Sranan Wikipedia Sranan Tongo Latn srn 1,133 11 12 Nov 2008 [citation needed]...

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Maria Hartmann
Minggu, 2026-03-01 19:07:13

Library for Dutch Literature (in Dutch). 2002. Retrieved 19 May 2020. "Sranan. Cultuur in Suriname". Digital Library for Dutch Literature (in Dutch)....

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Surinam (Dutch colony)
Senin, 2026-08-10 05:37:32

Capital Paramaribo Common languages Dutch (official) 11 other languages Sranan Tongo Sarnami Hindustani (Hindi-Urdu) Javanese Ndyuka Saramaccan Kwinti...

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Wageningen, Suriname
Rabu, 2026-04-22 01:44:15

via Delpher.nl (in Dutch). 28 August 1951. Retrieved 11 January 2022. "Sranan Speciaal 2015, de aanloop – Wageningen en omgeving". Surinamazing (in Dutch)...

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ATV (Suriname)
Minggu, 2026-08-02 06:12:49

Chris Saving Hope Youth Outreach Player Attack Tv.films Owru Pokuman Fu Sranan Tekenfilms De Levende Steen Gemeente (The Living Stone Community) KidzTori...

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Nasal vowel
Kamis, 2026-07-30 05:26:17

Andres y Providencia Creole Saramaccan Scottish Gaelic Seneca Silesian Sranan Tongo Taiwanese Hokkien Terengganu Walloon Wu Xavante Xiang Chinese Yélî...

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List of languages in the Eurovision Song Contest
Rabu, 2026-08-19 16:27:40

Serbian; incl. Torlakian Slovak Slovene Spanish; incl. Andalusian Spanish Sranan Tongo Swahili Swedish; incl. Finland Swedish; incl. Vörå Swedish Tahitian...

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ABC islands
Senin, 2026-06-15 01:06:48

brought over by immigrants such as Chinese, Portuguese, French, Italian, Sranan Tongo and others are also spoken by smaller communities of speakers on the...

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Boa constrictor
Minggu, 2026-08-09 05:14:45

regional names include the chij-chan (Mayan), jiboia (Portuguese), dagwe (Sranan Tongo), and macajuel (Trinidadian). Several subspecies of Boa constrictor...

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Central Market (Paramaribo)
Senin, 2026-03-02 08:58:48

2021. Paul Faber Binnendijk (1992). "Zoveel verschillende Paramaribo's". Sranan. Cultuur in Suriname (in Dutch). pp. 88–89. "Renovatie van de Centrale Markt...

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Henri Frans de Ziel
Rabu, 2025-11-05 11:18:45

Trefossa, was a neoromantic writer in Dutch and Sranan Tongo from Suriname. He is best known for the Sranan Tongo stanzas of Suriname's National Anthem....

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Saramacca Polder
Sabtu, 2025-09-13 17:56:08

2020. "Distrikt Wanica 2". Suriname.nu (in Dutch). Retrieved 27 May 2020. "Sranan uma: Drop-out-opvangster en baanbrekende politica". De Ware Tijd (in Dutch)...

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Ndyuka language
Kamis, 2026-06-11 19:19:52

language is the elimination of the letter r, which is frequently used in Sranan Tongo. There are also influences from other languages. According to Creolization...

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Caribbean Hindustani
Sabtu, 2026-08-15 03:23:55

Hindustani is the third-most spoken language in Suriname after Dutch and Sranan Tongo (the two lingua francas). It developed as a fusion of Bihari and Eastern...

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Brokopondo Reservoir
Sabtu, 2026-07-25 11:10:57

Werkgroep Caraibische Letteren (in Dutch). Retrieved 15 February 2021. "Sranan. Cultuur in Suriname". Digital Library for Dutch Literature (in Dutch)....

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Iroko
Rabu, 2026-05-27 09:56:27

copper brown over time. Yoruba : Ìrókò, Ùróko Gbe languages : Loko, Roko Sranan Tongo: Loko Igbo: Ọ́jị̀ Hausa: Kuuka Edo : Uloko Urhobo : Uno Akan languages :...

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Jamaican Maroon Creole
Selasa, 2026-03-10 21:05:39

similar to the creoles of Sierra Leone (Krio) and Surinamese Creoles such as Sranan and Ndyuka. Today, the Maroon Spirit language is used by Jamaican Maroons...

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Gerrit Schouten
Rabu, 2026-08-19 21:36:31

Suriname. These performances, conducted in the Surinamese creole language Sranan Tongo enabled the groups to exchange information and criticize the colonial...

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Dutch colonial empire
Selasa, 2026-08-18 21:10:12

still spoken in Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao, and Sint Eustatius; Saramaccan and Sranan Tongo still spoken in Suriname; Berbice an extinct language in Guyana; Pecok...

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Surinamese Civil War
Senin, 2026-07-27 12:55:02

ISBN 978-1-135-95494-9. Jacques Arends; Margot van den Berg. "The Saramaka Peace Treaty in Sranan: An edition of the 1762 text (including a copy of the original manuscript)"...

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Roger Craig (Jeopardy! contestant)
Rabu, 2026-06-17 22:52:42

" after being given the clue "Although Dutch is the official language, Sranan Tongo is spoken by most people in this South American country." At the time...

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List of pidgins, creoles, mixed languages and cants based on Indo-European languages
Minggu, 2026-07-12 02:30:32

Creole language) Cameroonian Pidgin (now also a Creole language) Suriname Sranan Tongo (Surinamese Creole English) Saramaccan (Saramacca–Upper Suriname regions)...

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Snake worship
Rabu, 2026-07-08 13:12:03

a corruption of aboma which means 'snake' in Fon and Surinamese Creole (Sranan Tongo). Just as the vodun Aida Wedo of the Fon people was transplanted into...

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Association football club names
Jumat, 2026-08-14 10:30:57

Marijampolė Suriname Clubs founded by and for members of the Surinamese diaspora. Sranan Tongo: Sranang, lit. 'Suriname' Netherlands Real Sranang Turkey Clubs founded...

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Wan Pipel
Sabtu, 2026-06-27 09:22:13

Distributed by Scorpio Films Release date 19 August 1976 (1976-08-19) Running time 111 minutes Country Suriname Languages Dutch Sarnami Hindustani Sranan Tongo...

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Louis Doedel
Jumat, 2026-05-08 01:41:45

Retrieved 20 December 2021. Frank Zichem (16 August 2019). "Louis Doedel, documentaire 1999". Vimeo (in Dutch and Sranan Tongo). Retrieved 21 December 2021....

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Recognition of same-sex unions in Suriname
Selasa, 2026-05-12 14:57:17

unregistered cohabitation (Dutch: samenwonen, pronounced [ˈsaːmə(ɱ)ˌʋoːnə(n)]; Sranan Tongo: seti libi, pronounced [ˈseti ˈlibi]). As a result, same-sex couples...

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Deformer
Minggu, 2026-02-22 09:52:42

genres that would later be described as Breakcore. They pioneered with using Sranan Tongo in their Jungle productions as well as primarily using Gabber sounds...

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Culture of Suriname
Rabu, 2025-12-31 21:53:05

tot staat, 2nd ed., 1998. Binnendijk, Chandra van, and Paul Faber, eds. Sranan: Cultuur in Suriname, 1992. Bruijning, C. F. A., and J. Voorhoeve, eds....

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Marshallkreek
Kamis, 2025-12-04 16:59:05

prioriteit moeten zijn". Dagblad Suriname (in Dutch). Retrieved 15 May 2020. "Sranan. Cultuur in Suriname". Digital Library for Dutch Literature (in Dutch)....

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Pickaninny
Minggu, 2026-06-28 14:34:53

a pidgin language used in Southern Africa, the term used is pikanin. In Sranan Tongo and Ndyuka of Suriname, pikin may refer to 'children' as well as to...

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Creole peoples
Jumat, 2026-08-14 11:44:23

Guyanese Creole, Jamaican Patois, Tobagonian Creole, Trinidadian Creole and Sranan Tongo (Surinamese Creole), among others. People speak French-lexicon Antillean...

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Eddy Bruma
Jumat, 2026-05-22 16:35:53

so important, that he addressed the World Youth Congress in Bucharest in Sranan Tongo. After returning to Suriname in 1954, he settled as a lawyer in Paramaribo...

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Jules Sedney
Sabtu, 2026-04-18 04:39:22

organisation Wie Eegie Sanie (Our Own Things), founded by Eddy Bruma to promote Sranan Tongo and Surinamese culture. He obtained his doctorate in economic sciences...

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Tucayana Amazonas
Selasa, 2026-06-23 06:56:13

Tucajana's". De Ware Tijd via Nickerie.net (in Dutch). Retrieved 18 June 2020. "Sranan. Cultuur in Suriname". Digital Library for Dutch Literature (in Dutch)....

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ISO 639:s
Rabu, 2026-06-03 03:05:43

Murut srl I/L Isirawa srm I/L saamáka Saramaccan srn srn I/L Sranang Tongo Sranan Tongo sro I/L Campidanese Sardinian srp sr srp (scc) I/L Indo-European српски...

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Indians in Argentina
Jumat, 2026-07-03 08:02:38

Languages Majority: Spanish · Punjabi · Hindustani Minority: English · Dutch · Sranan Tongo Religion Majority: Hinduism · Sikhism Minority: Christianity · Islam...

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NAKS
Minggu, 2026-07-05 19:56:52

NAKS (Sranan Tongo: Na Afrikan Kulturu fu Sranan, English: Our African Culture of Suriname) is a social and cultural organization which promotes Afro-Surinamese...

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Berlijn, Suriname
Kamis, 2025-12-04 02:45:59

Berlijn (Sranan Tongo: Balen) is a village and former wood plantation in the resort of Zuid in the Para District in Suriname. It is located on the Para...

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Bactris maraja
Sabtu, 2026-08-15 04:55:17

as marajá. In Spanish, the species is known as chascarrá or cubarro. In Sranan Tongo, the species is known as keskesmaka. Harvey-Brown, Y. (2023). "Bactris...

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Eurovision Song Contest 2021
Senin, 2026-08-10 00:23:59

Vaughn  Netherlands AVROTROS Jeangu Macrooy "Birth of a New Age" English, Sranan Tongo Jeangu Macrooy Pieter Perquin  North Macedonia MRT Vasil "Here I Stand"...

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Aluku
Selasa, 2026-08-04 09:23:50

The language is derived from Plantation Creole which is nowadays known as Sranan Tongo, however the branch diverted around 1712, and evolved separately....

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Sungrebe
Sabtu, 2026-04-25 12:29:23

Guarani: Ypeky Wayampi: Pẽkĩ Emerillon: Pẽki Makushi: Yawiwa Warao: Oranih Sranan: Watra-en Guianese Creole: Souroukou Karipúna Creole: Dondon French: Picpare...

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France–Suriname relations
Jumat, 2026-01-23 03:31:04

1974 to 45,576 in 2018, and the main language spoken in Saint-Laurent is Sranan Tongo. In 2011, Suriname opened a large embassy in Paris to signify France's...

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Demographics of French Guiana
Jumat, 2026-08-21 10:19:36

with Suriname, Maroon people use the English-based creoles of Ndyuka and Sranan Tongo (both spoken in Suriname) as lingua francas, while immigrant languages...

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Real Sranang
Senin, 2025-09-22 16:02:02

immigrants in the Dutch Capital Amsterdam, Sranang means Suriname in the Sranan Tongo language, and the club is known to be mostly composed of players from...

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Portuguese-based creole languages
Kamis, 2026-08-06 14:55:28

structurally (morphology and syntax) it is related to the Surinamese creoles (Sranan, Ndyuka and Jamaican Maroon), despite the heavy percentage of Portuguese...

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Hilda Koopman
Rabu, 2026-03-04 21:52:34

languages (Malagasy, Javanese, Samoan, Tongan), Creole languages (Haitian, Sranan, Saramaccan). Koopman has been a professor of Linguistics at UCLA since...

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SRN
Jumat, 2024-09-20 21:45:26

disorders Simple recurrent network, a type of recurrent neural network Sranan Tongo, a Creole language, ISN-639 code A state registered nurse in the United...

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Outline of association football
Sabtu, 2026-04-25 05:25:19

matches in a cage, with players aiming to nutmeg ("panna" in Surinamese Sranan Tongo and Dutch slang) their opponent to eliminate them. Women's association...

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Suriname women's national football team
Jumat, 2026-06-26 19:32:55

The Suriname women's national football team (Dutch: Surinaams vrouwenvoetbalelftal) is the national women's football team of Suriname and is overseen by...

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Gullah–Nevis–Antigua
Selasa, 2026-05-26 01:58:01

languages, except for the South Antiguan variety, likely due to influence from Sranan Tongo. H-insertion also exists in some dialects of the Bahamas. In the Lucayan...

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Dutch-based creole languages
Kamis, 2026-05-07 22:52:37

mostly on English, Portuguese, and African languages, spoken in Suriname. Sranan Tongo — based mostly on English and African languages, spoken in Suriname...

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Abontjeman
Jumat, 2026-05-01 05:32:39

Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. p. 709. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help) "Sranan. Cultuur in Suriname". Digital Library for Dutch Literature (in Dutch)....

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Guene language
Senin, 2026-08-17 15:40:19

done rigorously or completely. This word is also found in Papiamento and Sranan Creole from Suriname. The recorded vocabulary of Guene is principally Portuguese...

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Surinamese language
Senin, 2025-01-13 01:37:38

language may refer to: Sarnami Hindustani Surinamese-Javanese Surinamese Dutch Sranan Tongo This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title...

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Saramaka, French Guiana
Rabu, 2025-05-28 05:19:22

French language remain. The main language spoken in the village remains Sranan Tongo, the Surinamese lingua franca. According to the National Centre for...

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Kalina language
Selasa, 2026-07-21 12:49:47

family, while for the most part using the official languages: Dutch and Sranan Tongo. Younger adults between the ages of 20 and 40 for the most part understand...

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Domburg, Suriname
Kamis, 2026-06-11 17:42:07

President of Suriname (2010–2020) Max Woiski Sr. (1911–1981), musician Sranan Tongo: Dumborgu, Caribbean Hindustani: Damborgu, Caribbean Javanese: Damborgu...

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Ronald Venetiaan
Kamis, 2026-04-23 09:24:25

2025. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ronald Venetiaan. Poetry of Venetiaan at Digital Library for Dutch Literature (in Dutch and Sranan Tongo)...

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Language bioprogram theory
Senin, 2026-04-20 00:00:02

have many similarities. By comparing Hawaiian Creole, Haitian Creole and Sranan, Bickerton identified twelve features which he believed to be integral to...

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Caribbean Community
Kamis, 2026-08-20 21:38:49

1990s. The organisation became multilingual with the addition of Dutch and Sranan Tongo-speaking Suriname in 1995 and the French and Haitian Creole-speaking...

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Lieve Hugo
Kamis, 2025-10-16 06:10:00

In 2013 both solo-albums were reissued on one cd as part of TopNotch's Sranan Gowtu-series (Surinamese Gold) devoted to Surinamese artists, mainly from...

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Kenny B
Jumat, 2026-07-10 05:48:09

Surinamese army, is inspired by Bob Marley. He began his career in English and Sranan before being persuaded to sing in Dutch. Kenny B signed to the TopNotch-label...

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Afro-Caribbean peoples
Minggu, 2026-08-16 08:32:12

• Okanisi • Paamaka • Rama Cay • Saint Kitts • San Andrés–Providencia • Sranan Tongo • Tobagonian • Trinidadian • Turks and Caicos • Vincentian • Virgin...

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Gullah language
Minggu, 2026-08-16 04:05:57

Jamaican Patois, Bajan Creole, Trinidadian Creole, Tobagonian Creole, Sranan Tongo, Guyanese Creole, and Belizean Creole. Those languages are speculated...

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2019 in literature
Sabtu, 2026-07-18 08:28:58

January 6 – Bea Vianen, Surinamese writer (mainly in Dutch but also in Sranan Tongo) and admirer of V. S. Naipaul, 83 (born 1935) January 7 Helmut Berding...

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Ian Hancock
Kamis, 2026-04-09 20:08:49

Bahamian Dialect, Jamaican Creole, Belizean Kriol, Guyanese Creole, and Sranan Tongo in Suriname. Hancock's views on the connections among the Atlantic...

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South Asians in the Netherlands
Senin, 2026-08-17 05:08:54

Hague Utrecht Eindhoven Almere Amstelveen Languages Dutch English Sarnami Sranan Tongo Punjabi Hindi–Urdu Nepali Pashto Tamil Sinhala Bengali Telugu Gujarati...

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Portuguese people
Rabu, 2026-08-19 14:32:53

creole now the official language in Aruba, Curaçao and Bonaire) and of Sranan Tongo, a Portuguese-influenced, English-based creole by spoken by more than...

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Astrid Roemer
Selasa, 2026-06-23 01:53:34

by using the grammatical structures of the native Surinamese language of Sranan. Amongst her other important roles within the literary field of Caribbean...

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Wonnie Boedhoe
Sabtu, 2025-10-04 11:44:55

was renewed as chair in April 2023. In April 2024, she became part of Gi Sranan, a group of economists who provide free training to people planning to work...

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Mervyn C. Alleyne
Senin, 2024-08-05 03:30:43

varieties. In addition to its detailed comparison of structural aspects of Sranan, Saramaccan, Jamaican Creole, Guyanese Creole, among others, this work reveals...

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Battle of the James River (1667)
Senin, 2026-07-27 05:24:21

Strife. p. 183. Sherriah, André (2018). A tale of two dialect regions: Sranan's 17th-century English input. Language Science Press. p. 3. ISBN 9783961101559...

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Hein Eersel
Sabtu, 2026-04-18 03:09:01

Eegie Sanie (our own things), founded by Surinamese students to promote the Sranan Tongo language and Surinamese culture. Eersel returned to Suriname in 1959...

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Gustaaf
Selasa, 2026-04-14 01:18:27

Arnout Koenders (1886–1957), Surinamese teacher and fervent activist for Sranan Tongo Gustaaf Lauwereins (born 1941), Belgian judoka Adolf Gustaaf Lembong...

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ELAM 10 Rafael Ferro Macias
Selasa, 2026-05-19 19:53:06

Creole, French Creole, Guyanese Creole, Trinidadian Creole, Pidgin and Sranan Tongo (A creole language spoken in Suriname). There is also a small presence...

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Koenders
Senin, 2025-01-13 04:13:14

minister (as of 2014) Julius Gustaaf Arnout Koenders (1886–1957), Surinamese Sranan linguist Milano Koenders (born 1986), Dutch footballer Mike Koenders (born...

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Pieter Seuren
Rabu, 2026-02-25 20:51:09

interest in Creole languages, in particular the English-based Suriname Creole Sranan, for which he devised a now legally sanctioned orthography, and the French-based...

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Bea Vianen
Selasa, 2026-05-26 14:26:39

Bachelor of Education. Vianen wrote mainly in Dutch, but occasionally in Sranan Tongo, and her writing contained many autobiographical elements. Her first...

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Wiren (film)
Kamis, 2026-03-05 17:06:28

10 December 2018 (2018-12-10) Running time 118 minutes Country Suriname Languages Dutch English Sarnami Hindustani Sranan Tongo Surinamese Sign Language...

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Blauwgrond
Senin, 2023-10-16 07:34:09

original (PDF) on 23 December 2021. Retrieved 28 May 2020. Statoids.com "Sranan. Cultuur in Suriname". Digital Library for Dutch Literature (in Dutch)....

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Henna Goudzand Nahar
Selasa, 2026-08-11 12:14:34

Surinaamse schrijvers (1989), Hoor die tori! (1990), Sirito (1993), and Mama Sranan; 200 jaar Surinaamse verhaalkunst (1999). Her debut novel, Hele dagen in...

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Ampie's Broadcasting Corporation
Selasa, 2026-08-04 18:50:00

Coronie, Wanica, Para Frequency FM 101.7 Programming Languages Dutch, Sranan Tongo Format AC, CHR, Comedy, Sports, Talk Ownership Owner Henk Kamperveen...

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Regional and minority languages in Europe
Selasa, 2026-05-19 23:59:22

Antillean creole Arawak Guyana creole Hmong Kali'na Nenge Palikur Saamaka Sranan tongo Teko Wayampi Wayana Shimaore Kibushe Danish in Schleswig-Holstein...

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Neveh Shalom Synagogue
Kamis, 2026-07-30 23:26:14

Bloomberg. Retrieved May 26, 2021. Chandra van Binnendijk; Paul Faber (1992). Sranan. Cultuur in Suriname (in Dutch). Suriname: Vaco. p. 146. "Neveh Shalom Synagogue"...

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Apintie
Minggu, 2026-08-02 06:12:32

Frequencies 91.7 and 97.1 FM, TV channel 10 Programming Languages Dutch, Sranan Tongo Format AC, CHR Ownership Owner Apintie N.V History First air date...

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La Charbonnière
Minggu, 2025-10-26 02:28:04

La Charbonnière (French pronunciation: [la ʃaʁbɔnjɛʁ]; Sranan Tongo: Sabonye) is a neighbourhood of Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni, French Guiana. The neighbourhood...

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Ayida Wedo
Rabu, 2026-08-12 17:56:37

Ayida Wedo, Aida Wedo (also known as Aida Hwedo, Ayida-Weddo,[citation needed] Aido Quedo,[citation needed] Ayida, Agida[citation needed]) is a powerful...

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Guno Hoen
Senin, 2024-09-30 10:30:14

final volume was published. In 1988, he published Sranan odo buku, a book about proverbs in Sranan Tongo, the creole language spoken in Suriname. In 2003...

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Thalia Theatre (Paramaribo)
Sabtu, 2024-10-26 20:33:12

focus on producing their own plays and started to perform some plays in Sranan Tongo, the Creole spoken in Suriname. The theatre company Pohama performed...

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List of contemporary ethnic groups of South America
Kamis, 2026-08-06 15:36:12

Indo-European → Germanic → Dutch → Surinamese Dutch Indo-European → English → Sranan Tongo, Aukan, Kwinti Indo-European → English and Portuguese → Saramaccan...

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Portuguese Surinamese
Sabtu, 2025-09-27 19:54:09

Regions with significant populations Paramaribo, Wanica Languages Dutch · Sranan Tongo · Portuguese · English Religion Christianity (Roman Catholicism) Related...

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Tjin A Djie family
Minggu, 2025-08-17 22:32:13

French, they communicated with each other in the Surinamese creole language Sranan Tongo. In 1938 Rudolf Tjin A Djie also became the owner of the Hollandia...

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Galibi, Suriname
Minggu, 2026-04-19 00:08:27

Langamankondre is located next to Christiaankondre. The name is a mix of Dutch and Sranan Tongo and means "Long man's village" because the chief was very tall. In...

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Nieuw Amsterdam, Suriname
Kamis, 2026-05-07 09:46:53

Dutch: Nieuw-Amsterdam, pronounced [ˌniu ɑmstərˈdɑm], lit. 'New Amsterdam'; Sranan Tongo: Nyunfoto; Caribbean Hindustani: Kilá; Caribbean Javanese: Nyumpoto...

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Krio language
Senin, 2026-07-13 13:38:16

languages spoken in the Americas, especially Jamaican Patois (Jamaican Creole), Sranan Tongo (Surinamese Creole), Bajan Creole and Gullah language, but it has...

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Cottica River
Rabu, 2024-03-13 19:05:11

Cottica River (Sranan Tongo: Kotika-liba) is a river in the northeast of Suriname. It originates in the hills surrounding town of Moengo and flows westwards...

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Michaël Slory
Minggu, 2026-03-15 02:10:23

Surinamese poet. He mainly wrote poetry in Sranan Tongo, and is considered one of the most important poets in Sranan Tongo. He also published in Dutch, English...

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Johanna Schouten-Elsenhout
Sabtu, 2026-03-07 18:05:52

poet and an eminent community leader who fought for acknowledgement of Sranan and of the Afro-Surinamese culture. Schouten-Elsenhout was born in Paramaribo...

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NAKS (disambiguation)
Minggu, 2018-01-14 19:43:13

NAKS or Naks may refer to: NAKS (Na Afrikan Kulturu fu Sranan), a social and cultural organization North American Kant Society NikNaks (South African snack)...

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List of European regions with alternative names
Kamis, 2026-04-23 22:27:48

Romansh, Quechua, Sardinian, Scots, Scottish Gaelic, Sicilian, Slovenian, Sranan Tongo, Sraran Tongo, Swahili, Swedish, Turkish, Turkmen, Venetian, Vietnamese...

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Surinamese Maroons
Senin, 2025-12-22 21:59:00

of Suriname's population Languages Saramaccan, Aukan, Kwinti, Matawai, Sranan Tongo, Dutch Religion Christianity, Winti Related ethnic groups Afro-Surinamese...

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Johannes Helstone
Minggu, 2026-03-15 00:11:49

in Dutch and German. In 1903, Helstone wrote a book about the grammar of Sranan Tongo, the English-based Creole spoken in Suriname. The book is slightly...

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André Kamperveen Stadion
Selasa, 2025-12-16 13:39:18

Cultuurtuinlaan before the construction of the stadium. 'Owru' means old in the Sranan Tongo language, and Cul is an abbreviation for the Cultuurtuinlaan. In 2015...

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List of official languages by country and territory
Rabu, 2026-08-05 16:01:12

Sri Lanka 2 Sinhala Tamil English Sudan 2 Arabic English Suriname 1 Dutch Sranan Tongo Sweden 1 Swedish Finnish (Gällivare, Haparanda, Kiruna, Pajala, Övertorneå)...

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List of ethnic slurs and epithets by ethnicity
Minggu, 2026-07-19 01:39:31

from Dutch straattaal [nl], a type of urban slang. It is derived from the Sranan Tongo word for potatoes (patata), which the Dutch are known to eat. Sometimes...

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Outline of Suriname
Rabu, 2026-07-01 12:03:50

/ˈsʊərɪnæm, -nɑːm/, Dutch: [syːriˈnaːmə], Portuguese: [suɾiˈnɐmi], Surinamese: [sraˈnãŋ] Common English country name: Suriname Official English country name: The...

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Tongo
Jumat, 2024-04-12 01:06:39

New Guinea Sranan Tongo, a Creole language of Suriname All pages with titles beginning with Tongo All pages with titles containing Tongo Sranan Tongo, also...

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Surinaamse Brouwerij
Selasa, 2025-02-11 02:43:51

(Beer pleasure: Parbo Beer). Present day slogans are in Sranantongo: Tru Sranan Prisiri (Real Surinamese Pleasure) and Parbo Biri: dat n'a biri (Parbo Beer:...

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Pigeon pea
Sabtu, 2026-07-25 03:56:13

the latter of which literally translates to 'yellow pea' from Dutch and Sranan Tongo. In Hawaii they are known as pi pokoliko, 'Puerto Rican pea' or pi...

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Wanhatti
Kamis, 2025-07-31 09:06:07

inhabited by Ndyuka of the Ansu clan or lo. Wanhatti means "one heart" in both Sranan Tongo and Ndyuka and refers to the fact that the village is a merger of...

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Herman Benjamins
Kamis, 2026-06-18 18:36:27

students and teachers in Suriname. Benjamins propagated the use of Dutch over Sranan Tongo, the English-based Creole spoken throughout the colony. In 1893, he...

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Indo-Caribbean people
Kamis, 2026-07-23 03:18:21

English Creoles and other languages: Trinidadian Creole Guyanese Creole Sranan Tongo Jamaican Patois Surinamese Dutch Antillean French Creole Papiamento...

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Suriname national futsal team
Minggu, 2026-06-21 13:43:50

The Suriname national futsal team is controlled by the Surinamese Football Association, the governing body for football in Suriname and represents the...

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Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021
Kamis, 2026-04-02 22:08:35

the first entry in the Eurovision Song Contest to feature lyrics in the Sranan Tongo language. According to Eurovision rules, all nations with the exceptions...

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Scout Motto
Rabu, 2026-07-29 00:32:26

"Always ready (to serve*)!" [ˈsjempɾe ˈlisto ˈpaɾa seɾˈβiɾ], [- ˈlista -] Sranan Tongo Suriname Sete sete! Swahili Comoros, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda Uwe tayari...

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Liet International
Sabtu, 2026-05-02 04:58:50

and Scots). Two non-European language have appeared at the contest, being Sranan Tongo and Samaritan Hebrew. The Netherlands has participated the most, with...

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List of languages by first written account
Sabtu, 2026-06-27 08:01:07

(1650–1720), Journal des Africanistes, 72(2), 2002, pp. 102–105. "The History of Sranan". Linguistic Department of Brigham Young University. Retrieved 25 May 2020...

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Julius Gustaaf Arnout Koenders
Senin, 2025-05-05 11:35:42

Sranan Tongo. As a teacher, he was forced to use the Dutch language thus denying the children their own language. He was an early advocate of Sranan and...

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List of Eurovision Song Contest entries (2004–present)
Sabtu, 2026-07-25 18:53:31

1602 —N/a 23  Netherlands 61 Jeangu Macrooy "Birth of a New Age" English, Sranan Tongo Jeangu Macrooy Pieter Perquin 23 1603 —N/a 24  Italy 46 Måneskin "Zitti...

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Sara Creek (river)
Kamis, 2024-11-07 02:32:32

- Suriname Landspoorweg". International Steam. Retrieved 26 May 2021. "Sranan. Cultuur in Suriname". Digital Library for Dutch Literature (in Dutch)....

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Renzo Tjon-A-Joe
Kamis, 2026-07-09 07:43:34

Maikel and a younger sister named Arantxa. He speaks Dutch, English and Sranan Tongo. He has said his favourite film is Pim De La Parra's Wan Pipel. "Fangli...

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Warao people
Selasa, 2026-07-14 23:42:20

c. 500 Trinidad and Tobago unknown Languages Warao, Spanish, English, Guyanese Creole, Dutch, Sranan Tongo Religion Traditional beliefs, Christianity...

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Caribbean people
Minggu, 2026-08-02 01:50:46

Patois, Bahamian Creole, Trinidadian Creole, Guyanese Creole, Bajan Creole, Sranan Tongo), Papiamento, Dutch, Caribbean Hindustani, Chinese, Javanese Religion...

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Passiflora glandulosa
Rabu, 2026-04-22 08:19:02

Paramaccan: marakoesja Surinam Saramaccan: jooka makodja, yooka makodja Surinam Sranan: bosch markoesa, markoesa, roode markoesa, wilde markoesa Surinam Tirio:...

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Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni
Sabtu, 2026-07-25 07:32:47

"Brochure VPAH slm charbonnière". Saint Laurent du Maroni (in French and Sranan Tongo). Archived from the original on 5 April 2023. Retrieved 2 July 2020...

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Michiel van Kempen
Jumat, 2025-07-04 02:26:03

van de Surinaamse poëzie (1985, Mirror of the Surinamese poetry), Mama Sranan; 200 jaar Surinaamse verhaalkunst (1999, Mama Suriname, 200 years Surinamese...

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Afro-Dutch people
Selasa, 2026-08-18 15:37:05

North Holland, Flevoland and Utrecht Languages Primarily Dutch, Papiamentu, Sranan Tongo, English, Creole Languages Religion Majority Christianity, minorities...

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List of ISO 639-2 codes
Senin, 2026-08-17 06:18:45

Macrolanguage Living Sardu; limba Sarda; lingua Sarda srn srn Sranan Tongo Individual Living Sranan Tongo srp srp sr Serbian Individual Living Српски, Srpski...

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Johan & Margaretha
Kamis, 2026-06-11 18:17:02

Johan & Margaretha, also simply known as Margaretha (Sranan Tongo: Magrita), is a resort in Suriname, located in the Commewijne District. Its population...

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List of poets
Senin, 2026-08-10 21:08:41

Schouten-Elsenhout (1910–1992), Surinamese poet and community leader, wrote in Sranan Tongo and English Philip Schultz (born 1945), US poet James Schuyler (1923–1991)...

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Lebidoti
Jumat, 2026-06-12 20:05:43

Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 May 2019. Retrieved 19 May 2020. "Sranan. Cultuur in Suriname". Digital Library for Dutch Literature (in Dutch)....

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Suriname (Kingdom of the Netherlands)
Selasa, 2026-08-04 15:46:36

Capital Paramaribo Common languages Dutch (official) 11 other languages Sranan Tongo Sarnami Hindustani Javanese Ndyuka Saramaccan Kwinti Chinese English...

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Stoelmanseiland
Sabtu, 2025-08-23 06:58:13

who was the first Maroon missionary, and one of the earliest authors in Sranan Tongo. The clinic is nowadays operated by Medische Zending. Stoelmanseiland...

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Johannes King
Minggu, 2026-03-08 01:22:10

1898), was the first Maroon missionary, and the first important writer in Sranan Tongo. King belonged to the Matawai tribe, and performed his missionary...

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Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest
Minggu, 2026-07-26 05:39:33

Macrooy placed 23rd with "Birth of a New Age", notably introducing the Sranan Tongo language to the contest. The country's momentum continued in 2022...

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Saramaka
Kamis, 2026-06-11 14:24:58

another creole language, Ndyuka. Both languages are historically related to Sranan Tongo, the creole language of coastal Suriname. About 50 percent of the...

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Marijke Djwalapersad
Sabtu, 2026-04-11 06:38:57

December 1951. She was active as a translator in Hindi, English, Sarnami, Sranan Tongo, and Dutch. In 1991, she joined the Progressive Reform Party (VHP)...

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Livorno, Suriname
Kamis, 2026-06-11 18:02:36

and 1962. Livorno is close to the harbour, and home to small industry. Sranan Tongo: Ofriti, Caribbean Hindustani: Lafendro, Caribbean Javanese: Lepondro...

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Sri Lanka Matha
Minggu, 2026-07-05 02:24:33

Africa (Xhosa, Zulu, Sesotho, Afrikaans and English), Suriname (Dutch and Sranan Tongo) and Switzerland (German, French, Italian and Romansh). "Sri Lanka...

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African diaspora in the Americas
Rabu, 2026-07-01 01:38:19

or Kromanti, Deep Patwa Ndyuka Aluku Nengue Tongo Paramaccan Saramaccan Sranan Tongo Bay Islands English or Caracol Venezuelan Creole English Habla Congo...

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Ndyuka people
Kamis, 2026-06-11 13:54:57

French Guiana 26,500 Netherlands 7,500 Languages Ndyuka, Dutch, French & Sranan Tongo Religion Christianity & Winti Related ethnic groups Akans, Kwinti...

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Ronnie Brunswijk
Jumat, 2026-05-29 07:36:13

Dagblad via Digibron (in Dutch). 1 August 1989. Retrieved 13 July 2020. "Sranan. Cultuur in Suriname". Digital Library for Dutch Literature (in Dutch)....

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Index of language articles
Kamis, 2026-07-23 21:59:15

Spanish Indo-European Spanish, Standard Indo-European Squamish Salishan Sranan Tongo English-based creole St'at'imcets or Lillooet Salishan Sucite or Sìcìté...

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Boy Scouts van Suriname
Selasa, 2026-07-28 08:54:44

Scout Motto is Weest Paraat, Be Prepared in Dutch, and Weest Pareet in Sranan Tongo. Surinaamse Padvindsters Raad World Scout Bureau (1979), Scouting...

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Pinatjaimi
Rabu, 2022-06-29 22:51:31

Pinatjaimi was founded by a couple from Lantiwei after family problems. The Sranan Tongo equivalent of pina tyai mi would be pina tjari mi, under which name...

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Chindians
Senin, 2026-07-27 20:56:36

Martinique Languages English French Dutch Tagalog Indonesian Thai Malay Tamil Sranan Tongo Guyanese Creole Jamaican Patois Trinidadian Creole Hindi Urdu Telugu...

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December murders
Selasa, 2026-08-04 11:01:25

He also published several books and poetry collections both in Dutch and Sranan Tongo. After the 1980 coup d'état, Slagveer joined the sergeants and became...

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A Mili
Minggu, 2024-01-28 08:50:07

as an abbreviation of her first name. As it also means "one thousand" in Sranan, she would say, "When I come, I come like a thousand men." In mid-2015,...

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Bahamian English
Minggu, 2026-08-16 04:10:50

of English to as great an extent as did the development of creoles like Sranan and Jamaican, and that the most likely cause for this was the relatively...

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Serial verb construction
Kamis, 2026-06-18 05:30:49

(1987). The Syntax of Serial Verbs: An Investigation Into Serialisation in Sranan and Other Languages. John Benjamins Publishing. pp. 3–4. ISBN 902725222X...

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Berbice Rebellion
Senin, 2026-07-27 06:23:30

28 April 2010. Retrieved 7 August 2020. "The Saramaka Peace Treaty in Sranan: An edition of the 1762 text". Creolica.net. Retrieved 7 August 2020. Scholtens...

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Eugène Drenthe
Kamis, 2026-03-12 03:42:22

and expression. In 1982 Drenthe started to publish poetry in Dutch and Sranan Tongo. His first publication was Skuma/Schuim (1982). Drenthe was offered...

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Els Moor
Selasa, 2026-03-10 11:00:39

education system in Suriname. In 1998, she developed Fa yu e tron leisibakru (Sranan Tongo: How do you become a bookworm), a literary education method for secondary...

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Leiden University Library
Selasa, 2026-08-11 15:48:05

Leiden students, Caspar Reuvens, Shahnameh The Book of Kings, slavery, Sranan Tongo, and student revolt. Van kluis naar kussen (From Safe to Presentation...

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Celestine Raalte
Kamis, 2025-06-12 22:58:53

District. During the 1970s, she was a member of the Surinamese women's group Sranan S'ma Abi Wan Oso. Her work first appeared in the 1981 anthology Tide tamara...

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COVID-19 pandemic in French Guiana
Senin, 2026-05-18 07:22:13

dérogatoires". guyane.gouv.fr (in French, Spanish, Portuguese, English, and Sranan Tongo). Archived from the original on 12 April 2020. Retrieved 12 April...

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Jeangu Macrooy
Jumat, 2026-07-03 16:48:39

released. The song was the first ever Eurovision entry to feature lyrics in Sranan Tongo. As Netherlands was the host country of the 2021 contest, Jeangu was...

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Fourth Rutte cabinet
Selasa, 2026-06-09 07:28:21

In the National Archives, the prime minister also offered the apology in Sranan Tongo, Papiamento, Dutch and English. For the first time, the cabinet recognized...

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List of submissions to the 93rd Academy Awards for Best International Feature Film
Kamis, 2026-08-06 05:21:36

Alala Not nominated  Suriname Wiren Dutch, English, Sarnami Hindustani, Sranan Tongo, Surinamese Sign Language [nl] Ivan Tai-Apin Not nominated  Sweden...

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Snesiekondre
Sabtu, 2026-05-02 12:21:44

Snesiekondre (Sranan Tongo: [snesiekondɾe]), also known as Snesikondre (Sranan Tongo: [snei̯sikondɾe], both meaning 'China'), is a village of Paramacca...

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Surinamese Americans
Minggu, 2025-12-07 19:18:31

Minnesota, Texas, Washington, Colorado and California Languages English Dutch Sranan Tongo Sarnami Hindustani Surinamese-Javanese other Surinamese languages...

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Diana Lebacs
Sabtu, 2026-03-07 17:10:31

Her mother, Esther Amalia Doelwijt, was Creole from Suriname and spoke Sranan Tongo, having moved to Curaçao at the age of eighteen. Her father, Willem...

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Alkmaar, Suriname
Kamis, 2026-06-11 17:36:12

(1921-1996), lawyer and politician. Dhiradj Soekhai (1987), politician. Sranan Tongo: Gudufrow, Caribbean Hindustani: Alakhmár or Alakmár, Caribbean Javanese:...

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Languages in censuses
Jumat, 2026-03-20 00:29:15

(Surinamese–Dutch Dictionary). Only in the interior of Suriname is Dutch seldom spoken. Sranan, a local creole language originally spoken by the creole population group...

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Books published per language per annum
Kamis, 2026-08-20 03:05:58

≈15 [M-S1] 372 Semnani 2021–2023 (principally) ≈15 Iran ≈15 [M-S1] 373 Sranan Tongo 2021–2023 (principally) ≈15 Suriname ≈15 [M-S1] 374 Tamang 2021–2023...

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Beekhuizen
Jumat, 2026-06-12 21:28:50

Suriname (the other being in Nieuw-Nickerie), is also located in the resort. Sranan Tongo: Bekoysi, Caribbean Hindustani: Bekoisi, Caribbean Javanese: Békoisi...

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List of Surinamese submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
Minggu, 2025-10-05 00:10:12

nomination Language(s) Director Result 2020 (93rd) Wiren Dutch, English, Sarnami Hindustani, Sranan Tongo, Surinamese Sign Language Ivan Tai-Apin Not nominated...

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