Sranan Tongo phonology and orthography
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Sranan Tongo phonology and orthography
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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 an extensive body of written literature dating back to the 18th century. Until the middle of the 20th century, most written texts in Sranan, seen at the time as a low-prestige language, used a spelling that was not standardized but based on Dutch orthography, recording an approximation of how Sranan words sound to Dutch ears. In view of the cons
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Sounds and writing system of the Sranan Tongo language
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sranan_Tongo_phonology_and_orthography
date created:
2019-03-02T23:32:07Z
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2024-08-29T15:10:37Z
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