| Ndyuka | ||
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| Spoken in: | Suriname | |
| Total speakers: | 30,000 | |
| Language family: | Creole language English Creole Atlantic Suriname Ndyuka |
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| Language codes | ||
| ISO 639-1: | none | |
| ISO 639-2: | ||
| ISO 639-3: | djk | |
| Note: This page may contain IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. Suriname ( Dutch: Suriname; Sranan Tongo: Sranan) officially the Republic of Suriname (traditionally spelled Surinam by List of language familiesA language family is a group of Languages related by descent from a common ancestor called the Proto-language of that family A creole language, or simply a creole, is a stable Language that originates seemingly as a nativized Pidgin. An English-based creole language, or English creole for short is a Creole language that was significantly influenced by the English language. ISO 639-1 is the first part of the ISO 639 international-standard language-code family ISO 639-2 is the second part of the ISO 639 standard, which lists codes for the representation of the names of languages ISO 639 -3 (ISO 639-32007 is an international standard for Language codes The standard describes three‐letter codes for identifying languages In Computing, Unicode is an Industry standard allowing Computers to consistently represent and manipulate text expressed in most of the world's | ||
Ndyuka or Aukan, also called Ndyuká tongo or Okanisi, is a creole language of Suriname. A creole language, or simply a creole, is a stable Language that originates seemingly as a nativized Pidgin. Suriname ( Dutch: Suriname; Sranan Tongo: Sranan) officially the Republic of Suriname (traditionally spelled Surinam by Many of the 25 to 30 thousand speakers live in the interior of the country, which is a part of the country covered with tropical rainforests. Tropical rainforests are generally found near the Equator. They are common in Asia, Australia, Africa, South America, Central Ethnologue lists two related languages under the name Ndyuka.
They proudly identify themselves as Maroon people. The Ndyuka, who are of African descent, were cruelly shipped as slaves to Suriname about 300 years ago and forced to work on the colonial plantations. They escaped from the plantations and went deep into the rain forests where they formed their own unique communities along various rivers in eastern Suriname and in some parts of neighboring French Guiana. French Guiana (Guyane française officially fr ''Guyane'' is an Overseas department (French département d'outre-mer, or DOM) of France
In the last several decades a large number of the Ndyuka people have moved from their ancestral villages in Suriname's interior to the coastal areas of Suriname, especially in and around Paramaribo, the country's capital. Paramaribo (nickname Par′bo) is the Capital and largest City of Suriname, located on banks of the Suriname River in the
Ndyuka is based on English and African languages, with influences from Portuguese and other languages. English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States There are an estimated 2000 Languages spoken in Africa. About a hundred of these are widely used for inter-ethnic communication Portuguese ( or língua portuguesa) is a Romance language that originated in what is now Galicia (Spain and northern Portugal. It is closely related to the Aluku (or Boni) and Paramaccan languages, and more distantly to Kwinti. The Aluku are a Maroon ethnic group living in the forested interior of Suriname, and the eponymous term for their language which has less than 1000 speakers The Paramaccan are an ethnic group living in the forested interior of Suriname, and the eponymous term for their language which has less than 1000 speakers The Kwinti are an ethnic group living in the forested interior of Suriname, and the eponymous term for their language which has less than 1000 speakers
The Afaka script was devised for Ndyuka in 1908. The Afaka script (afaka sikifi is a Syllabary of 56 letters devised in 1908 for the Ndyuka language an English-based creole of Surinam Year 1908 ( MCMVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year
See also
External links
- Writing Ndyukatongo (in the Latin alphabet)
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