Sranan Tongo

See also:Sranantongo

English

Etymology

BorrowedfromSranan TongoSranan Tongo,fromSranan(“Suriname”)+tongo(“tongue, language”).

Proper noun

SrananTongo

1. Acreole languagespoken as afirst languageby approximately 126,000 people inSuriname,the mother tongue of theCreoles.

Translations

language

• Dutch:Sranantongo(nl)n,Surinaams(nl)n,Sranan(nl)n,Negerengelsn(obsolete)
• Irish:Suranaimisf,Criól Shuranamm
• Kari'na:mati auran
• Portuguese:surinamês(pt)m
• Russian:сра́нан-то́нго(ru)m(sránan-tóngo)
• Sranan Tongo:Sranantongo,nengre(informal)
• Swedish:surinamesiska(sv)c,sranan

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Sranan Tongo terms

Further reading

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

Dutch

Proper noun

SrananTongon

1. Alternative spelling ofSranantongo.

Sranan Tongo

Proper noun

SrananTongo

1. Alternative spelling ofSranantongo.