Sranan Tongo

See also: Sranantongo

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Sranan Tongo Sranan Tongo, from Sranan (“Suriname”) + tongo (“tongue, language”).

Proper noun

Sranan Tongo

1. An English-based creole language and lingua franca in Suriname; its approximately 126,000 native speakers are predominantly ethnic Creoles.

Translations

language

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 蘇里南語 / 苏里南语 (Sūlinanyǔ)

• Dutch: Sranantongo (nl) n, Surinaams (nl) n, Sranan (nl) n, Negerengels n (obsolete), takitaki (nl) n (dated, pejorative, offensive)
• Irish: Suranaimis f, Criól Shuranam m
• Kari'na: mati auran
• Portuguese: surinamês (pt) m
• Russian: сра́нан-то́нго (ru) m (sránan-tóngo)
• Sranan Tongo: Sranantongo, nengre (informal)
• Swedish: surinamesiska (sv) c, sranan

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Sranan Tongo terms

Further reading

• Ethnologue entry for Sranan Tongo, srn ⁠

Dutch

Proper noun

Sranan Tongo n

1. alternative spelling of Sranantongo

Sranan Tongo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɾanan toŋo/, [sɾa̠na̠n tʊ̞ŋʊ̞], [sɾɑ̟nɑ̟n tɔ̝ŋɔ̝]

Proper noun

Sranan Tongo

1. alternative spelling of Sranantongo