Sranan Tongo

proper noun

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

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Meanings

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

Origin

  1. Sranan TongoSranan Tongo
  2. EnglishSranan Tongo

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

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 蘇里南語 /苏里南语
  • 蘇里南語 /苏里南语 (Sūlinanyǔ)language
Dutch Sranantongo, Surinaams
  • Sranantongolanguage
  • Surinaamslanguage
  • Srananlanguage
  • Negerengelslanguage
  • takitakilanguage
Irish Suranaimis, Criól Shuranam
  • Suranaimislanguage
  • Criól Shuranamlanguage
Portuguese surinamês
  • surinamêslanguage
Russian сра́нан-то́нго
  • сра́нан-то́нго (sránan-tóngo)language
Swedish surinamesiska, sranan
  • surinamesiskalanguage
  • srananlanguage
Cite this entry
APA

Sranan Tongo. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sranan%20Tongo

MLA

“Sranan Tongo.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sranan%20Tongo. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Sranan Tongo,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sranan%20Tongo.

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