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Name:
Saramaccan
Alternate Name:
Jew Tongo
Number of speakers:
23,000 in Suriname (1995 SIL). 1,000 Matawari. Population total all countries: 26,000
(Ethnologue)
Code:
srm
Code Authority:
ISO 639-3
Code Standard:
SIL
Families:
Pidgins and Creoles
Parent Subgroup:
English based (sebc)
Child Dialect:
Matawari; Matuari; Matawai; Matoewari (srm-mat)
Map of Saramaccan
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