"Sranan Tongo" meaning in English

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Proper name

Etymology: Borrowed from Sranan Tongo Sranan Tongo, from Sranan (“Suriname”) + tongo (“tongue, language”). Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|srn|Sranan Tongo}} Borrowed from Sranan Tongo Sranan Tongo Head templates: {{head|en|proper noun}} Sranan Tongo
  1. A creole language spoken as a first language by approximately 126,000 people in Suriname, the mother tongue of the Creoles. Wikipedia link: Sranan Tongo Categories (topical): Languages Categories (place): Suriname Translations (language): Sranantongo [neuter] (Dutch), Surinaams [neuter] (Dutch), Sranan [neuter] (Dutch), Negerengels [neuter, obsolete] (Dutch), takitaki [dated, neuter, offensive, pejorative] (Dutch), Suranaimis [feminine] (Irish), Criól Shuranam [masculine] (Irish), mati auran (Kari'na), surinamês [masculine] (Portuguese), сра́нан-то́нго (sránan-tóngo) [masculine] (Russian), Sranantongo (Sranan Tongo), nengre [informal] (Sranan Tongo), surinamesiska [common-gender] (Swedish), sranan (Swedish)

Alternative forms

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