Saramaccan (Saamáka) is a creole language spoken by about 58,000 people of West African descent near the Saramacca and the upper Suriname River, as well...
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Baccoo (category CS1 Dutch-language sources (nl))
A Baccoo (bakru in Sranan Tongo, and bakulu or bakuu in Saramaccan language) is a legendary character from Guyanese and Surinamese folklore. Description...
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None; liturgical language of the Haitian Vodou religion. Suriname Saramaccan language Boven Suriname Brokopondo Paramaribo French Guiana Netherlands Prior...
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Judaeo-Portuguese (redirect from Judæo-Portuguese language)
extinct in Portugal, Judeo-Portuguese influenced the Papiamento and Saramaccan languages. The earliest known text containing Judeo-Portuguese text is a manuscript...
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Nasal vowel (category Articles containing Arabic-language text)
Mande languages Surinamese Creoles (Sranan Tongo, Ndyuka language, Saramaccan language) Krio language Basilectal Western Caribbean creole languages (Jamaican...
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South America: Saramaccan of Suriname. Cupópia of Brazil is nearly extinct. There is no consensus regarding the position of Saramaccan, with some scholars...
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spoken in Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao. Saramaccan — based mostly on English, Portuguese and African languages, spoken in Suriname Sranan Tongo — based...
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John McWhorter (redirect from The Language Hoax)
concerned with creole languages and their relationship to other languages, often focusing on the Suriname creole language Saramaccan. His work has expanded...
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need not emerge from a pidgin). Prime examples of this are Aukan and Saramaccan, spoken in Suriname, which have vocabulary mainly from Portuguese, English...
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theoretical linguistics, Shua language McWhorter, John Hamilton (United States, 1965–), creole languages, Saramaccan language Meillet, Antoine (France, 1866–1936)...
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