Ndyuka-Trio
Pidgin
A language of Suriname |
Population
|
No estimate available. |
| Region |
Southern Suriname, upper Tapanahonij River. |
| Classification |
Pidgin |
| Language use |
Trade language. Formerly used until the 1960s
by the Ndyuka and Trio and Wayana peoples for trading.
Increasing travel by the Indians to the coast at
that time cut back on that trade, and also gave
some of them opportunity to use Sranan in contact
with the Ndyuka. Many Ndyuka men in their 30s or
older now do not know it. Scarcely used at all now. |
| Comments |
Second language only. Click
here for an article by George Huttar. |
