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Sranan Tongo

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. An English-based creole language and lingua franca in Suriname; its approximately 126,000 native speakers are predominantly ethnic Creoles.

Word forms

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

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

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