Sranang Tongo ("Surinamean tongue"), also Sranan Tongo, Sranantongo, Sranan only or (pejorative) Takki Takki, is a Creole language spoken as a native language by 100,000 people in Suriname. Look up pejorative on Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... // A Creole is a language descended from a pidgin that has become the native language of a group of people. ...

The Sranang Tongo words for 'to know' and 'small children' are sabi and pikin which, according to the monogenetic theory of pidgin formation (contested by many if not most linguists in this area of research), identifies it as a derivation of Lingua franca, also known as Sabir. Sacha Bryant Sacha Bryant is a professional wrestler best known as Savvy. ... Pickaninny (also pickaninnie) is a Pidgin word form derived from the Portuguese pequenino (little) via Lingua franca. ... This article is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ... Linguistics is the scientific study of human language, and someone who engages in this study is called a linguist. ... Lingua franca, literally Frankish language in Italian, was originally a mixed language consisting largely of Italian plus a vocabulary drawn from Turkish, Persian, French, Greek and Arabic and used for communication throughout the Middle East. ...

Since this language is shared between the English-, Dutch-, Javanese- and Hindustani-speaking communities, many Surinamese speak it as a second language. The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... The Javanese language is the inferred language of the people in the central and eastern part of the island of Java, in Indonesia. ... Hindustani is a term used by linguists to describe several closely related idioms in the northwestern part of the Indian subcontinent. ...

Sranang Tongo is a fusion of Dutch, English, Portuguese and Central and West African languages. It matches traditional creole patterns: it has no inflections or declensions, a simple vocabulary (in the thousands of words), and is relatively easy to learn. Many people consider Sranang Tongo as a creolized form of English only. The term African languages refers to the approximately 1800 languages spoken in Africa. ... // A Creole is a language descended from a pidgin that has become the native language of a group of people. ...

External link

• Sranan Tongo page on SIL