Ndyuka-Trio Pidgin

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A language of Suriname

ISO 639-3
njt
User Population

No known L1 speakers. Ethnic population: No ethnic community.

Location

Sipaliwini district: upper Tapanahonij river.

Language Status

9 (Second language only).

Classification
Pidgin
Language Use

Used until 1960s by Ndyuka, Trio and Wayana peoples for trading. Increasing travel to the coast cut back on that trade, and also gave some opportunity to use Sranan Tongo [srn] in contact with the Ndyuka. Few Ndyuka men, even older ones, now know it. Used rarely now.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Ndyuka-Trio Pidgin
Writing

Unwritten [Qaax].