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Saramaccan (Saamáka) is a
creole language spoken by
about 58,000
people of West
African descent near the
Saramacca and the
upper Suriname River, as well...
- Principense:
Almost extinct.
Spoken on Príncipe Island, São Tomé and Príncipe.
Saramaccan: An English-Portuguese
creole spoken in
Suriname and
French Guyana Indo-Portuguese...
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Commewijne Rivers Paamaka (Paramaccan) at the
Marowijne River Saamaka (
Saramaccan) at the
Suriname River The
sources of the
Surinamese Maroon vocabulary...
- of the po****tion. They are
divided into six tribes:
Ndyuka (Aucans),
Saramaccans, Paramaccans, Kwinti,
Aluku (Boni) and Matawai.
Surinamese Creoles, mixed...
- home to
Saramaccan Maroons.
During the
slavery period, they
managed to
escape from
plantations and
settled in this region. In addition,
Saramaccan villages...
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Matawai (in
central Suriname)
speak variants of a
creole language called Saramaccan. The Ndyuka, Paramaka, and Aluku, (in
eastern Suriname), as well as the...
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living in the
Amazon jungle. The two main
Maroon tribes are the
Aukan and
Saramaccans.
Other smaller tribes include the Aluku, Paramaccan,
Kwinti and Matawai...
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pidgin languages;
these include Guyanese Creole in Guyana,
Sranan Tongo,
Saramaccan, Ndyuka, Matawai, and
Kwinti in Suriname, and
French Guianese Creole in...
- A
Baccoo (bakru in
Sranan Tongo, and
bakulu or
bakuu in
Saramaccan language) is a
legendary character from
Guyanese and
Surinamese folklore. Description...
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relationship to
other languages,
often focusing on the
Suriname creole language Saramaccan. His work has
expanded to a
general investigation of the
effect of second-language...
