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Suriname (/ ˈ s ʊər ɪ n æ m,-n ɑː m / ⓘ SOOR-in-A(H)M, Dutch: [syːriˈnaːmə] ⓘ, Sranan Tongo: Sranan), officially the Republic of Suriname (Dutch: Republiek Suriname [reːpyˈblik syːriˈnaːmə]), is a country in northern South America, sometimes considered part of the Caribbean and the West Indies.
The early history of Suriname dates from 3000 BCE when Native Americans first inhabited the area. The Dutch acquired Suriname from the English, and European settlement in any numbers dates from the 17th century, when it was a plantation colony utilizing slavery for sugar cultivation.
Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana are the only South American nations outside of Spanish/Portuguese area. Spanish, English, Dutch, French, and Portuguese are spoken in the Guianas: in Guayana, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, and Amapá, respectively. Suriname is the only sovereign nation, other than the Netherlands, where Dutch is the sole ...
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Indo-Surinamese, Indian-Surinamese, or Hindustani Surinamese (South Asian Surinamese) are nationals of Suriname who trace their ancestry to the Indian subcontinent.Their ancestors were indentured labourers brought by the Dutch and the British to the Dutch colony of Suriname, beginning in 1873 and continuing during the British Raj. [4]
An official orthography was adopted by the government of Suriname on July 15, 1986, in Resolution 4501. A few writers have used Sranan in their work, most notably the poet Henri Frans de Ziel ("Trefossa"), who also wrote God zij met ons Suriname , Suriname's national anthem , whose second verse is sung in Sranan Tongo.
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The word Sarnami literally means Surinamese.The name Sarnami Hindustani was first used in 1961 by Jnan Hansdev Adhin.. The language emerged mainly through the mixing of different dialects or language variants from Northern India and southern Nepal, the areas from which the approximately 34,000 indentured labourers were brought to Suriname between 1873 and 1916 by the Dutch colonial government ...