Jew-Tongo

Meanings

proper noun

Synonym of Saramaccan.
this Jargon is spoken in Surinam in Dutch Guiana, and is called in the vernacular Jew-Tongo. The first settlers in this colony were principally Jews from England and Brazil
1876 June 30, The Jewish Chronicle
Synonyms: Saramaccan

proper nounSynonym of Saramaccan.

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Also see

From Jew (see Wikipedia: History of the Jews in Suriname) and Sranan Tongo tongo.

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