Ndyuka (or Ndjuka, officially Ndyukátongo) is a language of Suriname. The speakers live in the interior of the country which is a part of the country mainly covered with forests. Ndyuka is an English/African-based creole with under a hundred thousand speakers. Among the varieties of Ndyuka are Paramaccan and Aluku. Ndyuka has French and other influences. The term Creole is used with different meanings in different contexts, which can generate confusion. ... Aluku is the linguistic entity of the eponymuous tribe in Suriname. ...
The Afaka script was devised for Ndyuka in 1908. 1908 is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ...
Ndyuka long vowels, as we will hereafter refer to sequences of identical vowels, almost all appear to derive from the loss of intervocalic or prevocalic liquids.
Ndyuka has lexical tones high and low in contrast, as illustrated by koo 'turtle' and kóo 'cold' and the pairs 2-3, 5-6, and 7-8 above.
Nor is it found in the pidgin language based partly on Ndyuka and used for trade purposes between Ndyukas and Amerindians (Huttar 1982).
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