Sranan - mmw traduzioni

h1>Sranan (Sranan Tongo)

Sranan is a creole language spoken by about 400,000 in Suriname,
where it is used as a lingua franca. There are also Sranan speakers
in the Netherlands. It is a mainly English-based creole with vocabulary
from Dutch, Portuguese and languages of West and Central Africa, and
it developed from a pidgin used by slaves and slave owners who didn’t
share a common language.

The language is also known as Sranan Tongo (Surinamean tongue),
Surinaams, Surinamese, Suriname Creole and Taki Taki), and was
formerly called nengre or negerengels.

Although use of Sranan in the Dutch-based education system
of Suriname was repressed, it gradually became acceptable to
the establishment. During the 1980s Desi Bouterse, the then
dictator of Suriname, helped to popularise Sranan by making
speeches in it, and an official spelling system was established
in 1986.

Sranan has been used in writing since the late 19th century,
and a small number of writers currently use it in their work.

Sranan alphabet

Sample text

A ben de so taki wan dei mi mama ben bori okro. Dan mi mama e bori
a okro, ai bori a okro. Dan now a taigi wan fu den pikin sisa fu mi fu
bori a okro go doro. Dan mi kon wraak. Mi no wani du neks moro ini a oso.
Mi go sidon na wan sei. Dan baka wan pisten mi yere: “Sam, luku. Mi o poti
fu yu nanga Daniel na ini wan komtyi dya.”

Source: Sranan Tongo Library