Aukan

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Brokopondo district: Sarakreek commune; Commewijne district: Bakkie, Meerzog, and Tamanredjo communes; Marowijne district: Moengo, Patamacca, and Wanhatti communes; Para district: Carolina commune; Sipaliwini district: Tapanahony commune; Aluku dialect: French Guiana border; Paramaccan dialect: Northeast.

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French Guiana

Language NameAukan

User Population

22,500 in French Guiana (2019), increasing, based on ethnicity. 6,000 monolinguals.

Location

Cayenne islands, Iracoubo, Kourou, Macuria, Mana, St. Laurent Sinnemarie. Suriname border.

Alternate Names

Businenge Tongo, Businengee Tongo, Eastern Maroon Creole, Ndyuka, Nenge, Nenge Tongo, Nengee, Nengee Tongo, Okanisi tongo, “Taki-Taki” (pej.)

Dialects

Aluku, Pamaka.

Language Status

5 (Developing).

Language Use

All domains. Used by all. Positive attitudes.

Language Development

Taught in primary schools, experimentally as part of the project ‘Intervenant en langue maternelle’.

Other Comments

Christian.

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