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==Word List(s)== | ==Word List(s)== | ||
* [https://omniglot.com/language/phrases/dutch.php#:~:text=Useful%20Dutch%20phrases Useful Dutch phrases] - Omniglot | |||
* [https://polyglotclub.com/wiki/Language/Sranan-tongo/Vocabulary/Useful-phrases#:~:text=Useful%20Phrases%20in%20Sranan-tongo Useful Phrases in Sranan-tongo] - Polyglot Wiki | |||
* [https://wikitravel.org/en/Sranan_phrasebook#:~:text=Sranan%20phrasebook Sranan phrasebook] - WikiTravel | |||
* [https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Sranan_phrasebook#:~:text=Sranan%20phrasebook Sranan phrasebook] - WikiVoyage | |||
[[Dutch Genealogical Word List]] | |||
[[Portuguese Genealogical Word List]] | |||
[[Spanish Genealogical Word List]] | |||
[[French Genealogical Word List]] | |||
==Alphabet and Pronunciation== | ==Alphabet and Pronunciation== | ||
'''Alphabet''' | '''Alphabet''' | ||
* [https://omniglot.com/writing/dutch.htm#:~:text=Dutch%20alphabet Dutch alphabet] - Omniglot | * [https://omniglot.com/writing/dutch.htm#:~:text=Dutch%20alphabet Dutch alphabet] - Omniglot | ||
* [https://omniglot.com/writing/sarnami.htm#:~:text=Sarn%C3%A1mi%20Hindustani%20alphabet Sarnámi Hindustani alphabet] - Omniglot | |||
* [https://omniglot.com/writing/akurio.htm#:~:text=Akurio%20alphabet Akurio alphabet] - Omniglot | |||
* [https://omniglot.com/writing/saramaccan.htm#:~:text=Saramaccan%20alphabet Saramaccan alphabet] - Omniglot | |||
'''Pronunciation''' | '''Pronunciation''' | ||
* [https://omniglot.com/writing/dutch.htm#:~:text=Dutch%20pronunciation Dutch pronunciation] - Omniglot | * [https://omniglot.com/writing/dutch.htm#:~:text=Dutch%20pronunciation Dutch pronunciation] - Omniglot | ||
* [https://omniglot.com/writing/sranan.htm#:~:text=Sranan%20pronunciation Sranan pronunciation] - Omniglot | * [https://omniglot.com/writing/sranan.htm#:~:text=Sranan%20pronunciation Sranan pronunciation] - Omniglot | ||
* [https://omniglot.com/writing/sarnami.htm#:~:text=pronunciation Sarnámi Hindustani pronunciation] - Omniglot | |||
* [https://omniglot.com/writing/akurio.htm#:~:text=pronunciation Akurio pronunciation] - Omniglot | |||
* [https://omniglot.com/writing/saramaccan.htm#:~:text=pronunciation Saramaccan pronunciation] - Omniglot | |||
* [https://omniglot.com/writing/tiriyo.htm#:~:text=Tiriy%C3%B3%20pronunciation Tiriyó pronunciation] - Omniglot | |||
==Language Aids and Dictionaries== | ==Language Aids and Dictionaries== | ||
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'''Online Dictionaries''' | '''Online Dictionaries''' | ||
* [https://glosbe.com/en/srn Dictionary English - Sranan Tongo] - Glosbe | |||
* [https://glosbe.com/srn/en Dictionary Sranan Tongo - English] - Glosbe | |||
* [https://glosbe.com/srm/en Dictionary Saramaccan - English] - Glosbe | |||
* [https://glosbe.com/en/srm Dictionary English - Saramaccan] - Glosbe | |||
* [https://glosbe.com/gyn/en Dictionary Guyanese Creole English - English] - Glosbe | |||
* [https://glosbe.com/en/gyn Dictionary English - Guyanese Creole English] - Glosbe | |||
* [https://glosbe.com/gcr/en Dictionary Guianese Creole French - English] - Glosbe | |||
* [https://glosbe.com/en/gcr Dictionary English - Guianese Creole French] - Glosbe | |||
'''Language Aids''' | '''Language Aids''' | ||
* [https://omniglot.com/writing/sranan.htm#:~:text=Sranan%20(Sranan%20Tongo) Sranan (Sranan Tongo)] - Omniglot | * [https://omniglot.com/writing/sranan.htm#:~:text=Sranan%20(Sranan%20Tongo) Sranan (Sranan Tongo)] - Omniglot | ||
* [https://omniglot.com/writing/tiriyo.htm#:~:text=Tiriy%C3%B3%20(tar%C3%ABno%20ijomi) Tiriyó (tarëno ijomi)] - Omniglot | |||
==Additional Resources== | ==Additional Resources== | ||
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{{reflist}} | {{reflist}} | ||
==Overview== | |||
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An exceptional variety of languages is spoken in Suriname. Dutch is the official language. It is used mainly in education, government, business and the media. Suriname became the third member of the Dutch Language Union in 2004. Dutch is spoken as a mother tongue by about 60% of the Surinamers, while most others speak it as a second or third language. In the capital Paramaribo it is the main home language in two thirds of the households. Only in the interior of Suriname is Dutch hardly known. | An exceptional variety of languages is spoken in Suriname. Dutch is the official language. It is used mainly in education, government, business and the media. Suriname became the third member of the Dutch Language Union in 2004. Dutch is spoken as a mother tongue by about 60% of the Surinamers, while most others speak it as a second or third language. In the capital Paramaribo it is the main home language in two thirds of the households. Only in the interior of Suriname is Dutch hardly known. | ||