Sranan Tongo

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Sranan Tongo is an English- and Dutch-influenced creole language originating in Suriname, widely used as a lingua franca among its diverse ethnic communities.

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Generate an image of Sranan Tongo (Sranan Tongo is an English- and Dutch-influenced creole language originating in Suriname, widely used as a lingua franca among its diverse ethnic communities.)

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Sranan Tongo canonical 70
Sranan Tongo creole 1
Sranantongo 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf creole language ⓘ
lingua franca ⓘ
natural language ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Ndyuka language ⓘ
Saramaccan language ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Suriname ⓘ
developedInContextOf Atlantic slave trade ⓘ
plantation society in Suriname ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Sranan ⓘ
Surinamese Creole ⓘ
linked to: Sranan Tongo

Taki Taki ⓘ
hasBasicWordOrder SVO ⓘ
hasGlottocode sran1240 ⓘ
hasISO639-3Code srn ⓘ
hasLexicalInfluenceFrom Dutch language ⓘ
linked to: Dutch

English language ⓘ
Portuguese language ⓘ
West African languages ⓘ
hasOfficialStatus recognized lingua franca in Suriname ⓘ
hasPhonologicalInfluenceFrom English language ⓘ
hasRegulatoryOrCulturalBody Surinamese linguistic and cultural organizations ⓘ
hasStandardizationEfforts orthography development ⓘ
hasType English- and Dutch-influenced creole language ⓘ
historicalDevelopmentPeriod 17th century ⓘ
influencedBy Dutch language ⓘ
linked to: Dutch

English language ⓘ
linked to: English

Portuguese language ⓘ
West African languages ⓘ
isNot official language of Suriname ⓘ
languageFamily English-based creole ⓘ
primaryRegion Suriname ⓘ
spokenInRuralAreasOf Suriname ⓘ
spokenInUrbanArea Nieuw Nickerie ⓘ
linked to: Suriname

Paramaribo ⓘ
usedAsContactLanguageBetween different ethnic groups in Suriname ⓘ
usedAsLinguaFrancaIn Suriname ⓘ
usedByEthnicGroups Afro-Surinamese people ⓘ
Chinese Surinamese people ⓘ
Dutch Surinamese people ⓘ
Indigenous peoples in Suriname ⓘ
Indo-Surinamese people ⓘ
Javanese Surinamese people ⓘ
usedInDomain everyday communication ⓘ
literature in Suriname ⓘ
media in Suriname ⓘ
popular music in Suriname ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (73)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Amsterdam → hasMinorityLanguage → Sranan Tongo ⓘ
West African languages → influenced → Sranan Tongo ⓘ
Sranan Tongo → hasAlternativeName → Surinamese Creole ⓘ
linked to: Sranan Tongo
Paramaribo → commonLanguagesSpoken → Sranan Tongo ⓘ
Sranan → alternateName → Sranan Tongo ⓘ
Sranan → alternateName → Sranantongo ⓘ
linked to: Sranan Tongo
Ndyuka language → closelyRelatedTo → Sranan Tongo ⓘ
Ndyuka language → usedAlongside → Sranan Tongo ⓘ
Suriname → nationalLanguage → Sranan Tongo ⓘ
Sarnami Hindustani → influencedBy → Sranan Tongo ⓘ
Dutch Surinamese → languageUsed → Sranan Tongo ⓘ
Afro-Surinamese → languageUsed → Sranan Tongo ⓘ
Afro-Surinamese → usesCreoleLanguage → Sranan Tongo ⓘ
Dutch America → mainLanguage → Sranan Tongo ⓘ
Surinamese Dutch → influencedBy → Sranan Tongo ⓘ
Pamaka language → influencedBy → Sranan Tongo ⓘ
Aukan → relatedTo → Sranan Tongo ⓘ
Creole Surinamese → language → Sranan Tongo ⓘ
Creole Surinamese → associatedLanguage → Sranan Tongo creole ⓘ
linked to: Sranan Tongo
Chinese Surinamese → language → Sranan Tongo ⓘ
Maroni River → languageRegion → Sranan Tongo ⓘ
Suriname creoles → hasPart → Sranan Tongo ⓘ
Tiriyó language → contactLanguage → Sranan Tongo ⓘ
Afro-Dutch → language → Sranan Tongo ⓘ
Winti → hasLanguageContext → Sranan Tongo ⓘ
Matawai → usesLanguage → Sranan Tongo ⓘ
Kwinti → linguisticRelation → Sranan Tongo ⓘ
Paramaka → hasLanguage → Sranan Tongo ⓘ
Wanica District → languageUsed → Sranan Tongo ⓘ
Bijlmermeer → localLanguages → Sranan Tongo ⓘ
Saramaccan Maroons → alsoSpeak → Sranan Tongo ⓘ
Aukan language → closelyRelatedTo → Sranan Tongo ⓘ
Suriname interior → hasLanguage → Sranan Tongo ⓘ
gaanman → languageOfTerm → Sranan Tongo ⓘ
Aluku Djuka → usedAlongside → Sranan Tongo ⓘ
Pamaka Creole → neighboringLanguages → Sranan Tongo ⓘ
Pikin Rio → hasNameLanguage → Sranan Tongo ⓘ
Aukaans → hasInfluenceFrom → Sranan Tongo ⓘ
Aukaans → closelyRelatedTo → Sranan Tongo ⓘ
Albina → languageUsed → Sranan Tongo ⓘ
Wanhatti → hasLanguage → Sranan Tongo ⓘ