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Sranan Tongo

creole language spoken in Suriname
Intangible natural_language Q33989
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Summary

Sranan Tongo is a natural language[1]. It draws 1,845 Wikipedia views per month (natural language category, ranking #128 of 734).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: Suriname[3]
  • Instance of: creole[4], modern language[5]
  • Subclass of: English-based creole languages[6], Dutch-based creole languages[7]
  • Writing system: Latin script[8], Latin alphabet[9]
  • Has use: lingua franca[10]
  • Commons category: Sranan Tongo creole[11]
  • Wikimedia language code: srn[12]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Sranan Tongo[13]
  • Number of speakers, writers, or signers: 415,700[14], 300,000[15], 126,000[16]
  • Native label: Sranantongo[17]
  • Indigenous to: Suriname[18]
  • Exact match: http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/SRN[19], https://ewave-atlas.org/languages/33[20], https://apics-online.info/contributions/2[21]
  • Ethnologue language status: 3 Wider Communication[22]

Why It Matters

Sranan Tongo has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] It is known by 69 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]

Related Entities

Linkin Park Suriname

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . iso639-3.sil.org. iso639-3.sil.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Ethnologue. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Ethnologue. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . Language. op.europa.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . Ethnologue. Retrieved . ethnologue.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [24] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 18d ago · Mahir256 · 2026-09-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'ar', 'ast', 'azb', 'br', 'ca', 'ce', 'cs', 'da', 'de', 'en', 'eo', 'es',
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  2. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → —
    Country → Suriname
    Coordinates → —
    Instance of → —
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007531753605171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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