ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT OF AFRO-SURINAMESE CREOLE LANGUAGES # PART 4.

LOANGU USED TO BE THE "LINGUA FRANCA" OF THE SURINAMESE MAROONS COMMUNITIES

The Afro-Surinamese languages are languages, which are classified among the Creole languages. They are in origin artificial (Pidgin) languages. That are languages that originated and developed through the meeting of groups of people who did not speak or understand each other's language. There are seven contemporary Afro-Surinamese Creole languages: Sranan, Okanisi, Saamaka, Matawai, Aluku, Pamaka and Kwiïnti. There are various hypotheses that the Afro-Surinamese languages, originated in Suriname itself.

This part of the video documentary series shows that Loangu used to be the "lingua franca" of the Surinamese Maroon communities.

The video documentary series is based on the papers that I presented at the conference ‘Ecrire Les Langues de Guyane’, held in Cayenne, French Guiana from 9 to 11 May 2003, and my two articles published in the magazine for Maroon culture and history, SIBOGA, volume 13 nr. 1, 2003, titled 'Writing in Ndyuka tongo a creole language in south America', and 'Ontstaan en ontwikkeling van de Afro-Surinaamse creooltalen', volume 20 nr. 2, 2010.

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