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Preferred term

srmSaramaccan  

Type

  • Language

Definition

  • Saramaccan (autonym: Saamáka) is a creole language spoken by about 24,000 people near the Saramacca and upper Suriname Rivers in Suriname (formerly also known as Dutch Guyana), and 2,000 in French Guiana. The speakers are mostly descendants of fugitive slaves; they form a group called Saramacca, also spelled Saramaka.

Entry terms

  • Saramaccan language

ISO 639-3 code

  • srm

Notation

  • srm

In other languages

  • Saramaka

    French

  • Saramaccaans

    German

  • Portuguese

URI

http://lexvo.org/id/iso639-3/srm

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