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Ndyuka, also called Aukan, Okanisi, Ndyuka tongo, Aukaans, Businenge Tongo, Eastern Maroon Creole, or Nenge is a creole language of Suriname, spoken by the Ndyuka people. Most of the 25 to 30 thousand speakers live in the interior of the country, which is a part of the country covered with tropical rainforests. Ethnologue lists two related languages under the name Ndyuka. Ndyuka is based on English vocabulary, with influence from African languages in its grammar and sounds. For example, the difference between na is and ná isn't is tone; words can start with consonants such as mb and ng, and some speakers use the consonants kp and gb. (For other Ndyuka speakers, these are pronounced kw and gw. For example, the word to leave is gwé or gbé, from English go away. ) There are also influences from Portuguese and other languages. Modern orthography differs from an older Dutch-based orthography in substituting u for oe and y for j. The digraphs ty and dy are pronounced more or less like English ch and j. Tone is infrequently written, though it is required for words such as ná isn't. The syllabic Afaka script was devised for Ndyuka in 1908. The Ndyuka language has three dialects, Ndyuka proper or Okanisi, Aluku, and Paramaccan, which are ethnically distinct. Kwinti is distinct enough linguistically to be considered a separate language, though it too is sometimes included under the name Ndyuka. Ndyuka was also a basis of the Ndyuka-Tiriyó Pidgin.
Source : DBpedia

Names (more)

[de] Aukaans
[en] Businenge Tongo
[fr] Ndjuka
[ko] 은쥬카어
[nl] Ndyuka
[pl] Język ndyuka
[ru] Ндюка
[es] Ndyuka

Language type : Living

Language resources for Eastern Maroon Creole

Open Languages Archives


Wiktionnaire - Catégorie:ndjuka [fr]

Omniglot encyclopedia [en]

Technical notes

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ISO 639-3 : djk

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