Sranan Tongo

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title: Sranan Tongo
text: Sranan Tongo is an English-based creole language that is spoken as a lingua franca by approximately 519,600 people in Suriname. Developed originally among enslaved Africans from Central and West Africa in Suriname, its use as a lingua franca expanded after the Dutch took over the colony in 1667. 85% of the vocabulary comes from English and Dutch. It also became the common language among the Indigenous peoples and the indentured laborers imported by the Dutch; these groups included speakers of Ja
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description: Creole language spoken in Suriname
original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sranan_Tongo
date created: 2003-12-06T09:06:28Z
date modified: 2024-09-08T22:10:40Z
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