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Saramaccan, n. and a.|særəˈmækən|
Also Saramak(k)an.
[f. the name of the river Saramacca in Surinam.]
A. n.
a. A native or inhabitant of the upper reaches of the river Saramacca. rare.
b. A creole language of this region; = Jew Tongo s.v. Jew n. 3 c.
B. adj. Of or pertaining to the people or language of this region.
1959J. Voorhoeve in Word XV. 436 (title) An orthography for Saramaccan. Ibid. 437 The phoneme analysis was based on a Saramaccan story and a series of test⁓words. Ibid., The Rev. Schmidt is a Saramaccan by birth. 1961Compar. Stud. Society & Hist. III. 278 Saramakkan is spoken only by the Bush Negroes on the upper reaches of the Surinam or ‘Saramakka’ river. 1968[see Jew Tongo s.v. Jew n. 3 c]. 1970Language XLVI. 408 (title) A Saramaccan narrative pattern. 1976Amer. Speech 1974 XLIX. 141 Saramakkan and other creoles of the Americas with a higher proportion of African linguistic content are recognized tone languages. |