The English Words in Sranan: (Negro-English of Surinam) |
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Introductory | 1 |
Pronunciation and Spelling 121 | 11 |
The Main Characteristics of Sranan | 22 |
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adjective adverb Afrikaansche Resten back to Engl borrowing common creolized dialectal diphthongs Dobson dribi Dutch e.g. a boy e.g. wan e.g. yu Eberstark Engl English equivalent Focke front vowel furu go back Gullah Haitian Creole homophones i.e. the boy instance interpreted Jamaican Creole Kwa languages lengthening lexical Lichtveld linguistic loanwords lobi Mande languages meaning medial mi/lit modelled on Engl Mono-syllabic words Bi-syllabic moro nasal consonant Norwegian Language noun occasionally occurs operate side palatalized Papiamentu Paramaribo phonemic phrase Port Portuguese preceding vowel present-day Sranan preserved pron pronounced pronunciation redupl reduplicated form rendered rule sani Saramaccan Saramakkaneger in Surinam Schuchardt semantic short side by side simplified soso speech spelling spelt Sprache der Saramakkaneger Sranan words stands stress Sudansprachen swampu syllable synonyms usage velar nasal waka wani West African languages Westermann and Bryan words Bi-syllabic words Words with initial worth comparing wroko Yoruba