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Preferred term

djkNenge  

Type

  • Language

Definition

  • Ndyuka , also called Aukan, Okanisi, Ndyuka tongo, Aukaans, Businenge Tongo, Eastern Maroon Creole, or Nenge is a creole language of Suriname, spoken by the Ndyuka people. Most of the 25 to 30 thousand speakers live in the interior of the country, which is a part of the country covered with tropical rainforests. Ethnologue lists under the name Ndyuka.

Entry terms

  • Businenge Tongo
  • Eastern Maroon Creole
  • Ndyuka language

ISO 639-3 code

  • djk

Notation

  • djk

In other languages

  • Ndjuka

    French

  • Aukaans

    German

  • Ndyuka

    Spanish

URI

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

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