Sranan Tongo

Sranan Tongo

See also: Sranantongo

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Sranan Tongo Sranan Tongo, from Sranan (“Suriname”) + tongo (“tongue, language”).

Proper noun

Sranan Tongo

1. A creole language spoken as a first language by approximately 126,000 people in Suriname[1], the mother tongue of the Creoles.

Translations

language

Dutch: Sranantongo (nl) n, Surinaams (nl) n, Sranan (nl) n Irish: Suranaimis f, Criól Shuranam m Russian: сра́нан-то́нго (ru) m (sránan-tóngo) Sranan Tongo: Sranantongo

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Sranan Tongo terms

References

1. Ethnologue

Further reading

• Ethnologue entry for Sranan Tongo, srn ⁠
• Wikipedia article on Sranan Tongo

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Dutch

Proper noun

Sranan Tongo n

1. Alternative spelling of Sranantongo.

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Sranan Tongo

Proper noun

Sranan Tongo

1. Alternative spelling of Sranantongo.