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"ref": "1931 January 3, [J.H. Heslinga], “Uit onze West. Nederlandsch in Suriname. [From our West-Indies. The Dutch language in Suriname.]”, in De Maasbode, page 10:",
"text": "Alleen de allerlaagste volksklasse bedient zich van een taal, samengesteld uit een mengelmoes van verschillende talen[,] Neger-Engelsch of taki-taki geheeten, welke taal ook gebezigd wordt bij de bestuurs-aanraking met boschnegers en Indianen. In de stad raken echter vele Neger-Engelsche uitdrukkingen geleidelijk vergeten en worden meer en meer vervangen door Nederlandsche. Te verwachten valt dan ook dat reeds in een zeer nabije toekomst van het taki-taki niet veel meer zal zijn overgebleven, althans in de stad zal zulks het geval zijn.",
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"english": "Two versions of this Negro English – called takitaki by the Americans and often called Sranan Tongo (Surinamese language) by the Surinamese – exist today: City Negro English (Paramaribo) and District Negro English.",
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"text": "Van dat neger-engels – door de Amerikanen takie-takie geheten en door de Surinamers vaak Srnan-tongo^([sic]) (Surinaamse taal) genoemd – bestaan hedentendage twee schakeringen: het stads-neger-engels (Paramaribo) en het distrikt-neger-engels.",
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"ref": "1994, Albert Helman, Adyosi / Afscheid, Nijmegen: Instituut ter Bevordering van de Surinamistiek, pages 8-9:",
"text": "Het Sranan of Sranantongo – een betere naam dan takitaki zoals het nooit door de bevolking zelf is genoemd (omdat deze term ‘gepraat’ of ‘geklets’ betekent) en een juistere naam ook dan Negerengels (omdat de wezenlijkste bestanddelen ervan niet Engels, maar Zuidwest-Soedanees zijn, terwijl de taal zeker door evenveel niet-negers als door negers gesproken wordt) – het Sranan dan, is een geestige, schilderachtige, muzikale, maar... een tamelijk woordarme verkeerstaal.",
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