ISO 639-3 · srmsrm
Dutch-based creole languages family · creole or pidgin
Saramaccan
Saamáka
Saramaccan is a creole or pidgin of the Dutch-based creole languages branch, spoken in Suriname and France. Wikidata counts about 90,000 speakers (2013). Wikidata describes it as “creole spoken near the Saramacca and Suriname rivers”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
srm- Glottocode
sara1340- EGIDS
- 5 Developing
- Centre point
- 4.50, -55.50
- Wikipedia
- 16 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
2countries
1scripts
1levels in the tree
5EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Saramaccan · Saamáka |
|---|---|
| Also called | Saramaccan language, Saamáka |
| All speakers | 90,000 (2013) |
| Written in | Latin script |
| Kind | creole or pidgin |
Vitality
EGIDS 5 Developing5
Stable. Spoken by all generations at home, with or without schooling — EGIDS 5 and 6a.
Other languages at this levelfamily tree
From Dutch-based creole languages to Saramaccan
The branches above Saramaccan, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
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where it is spoken
Countries
Also spoken in Suriname
nldDutchIndo-European · 23.1 m1 · NationalhnsCaribbean HindustaniIndo-European · 165,000jvnCaribbean JavaneseAustronesian · 60,0005 · DevelopingcarCaribCariban · 10,0006b · ThreatenedarwArawakunclassified · 2,5008a · MoribundtriTiriyóCariban · 2,1005 · DevelopingwayWayanaCariban · 1,7005 · DevelopingkwwKwintiunclassified · 1306b · ThreatenedmzxMawayanaunclassified · 210 · ExtinctwawWaiwaiunclassified5 · Developing