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Ndyuka-Trio Pidgin

A language of Suriname

ISO 639-3: njt

Population	No estimate available.
Region	South Suriname, upper Tapanahonij River.
Classification	Pidgin
Language use	Trade language. Used until 1960s by Ndyuka, Trio and Wayana peoples for trading. Increasing travel by the Indians to the coast cut back on that trade, and also gave some opportunity to use Sranan [srn] in contact with the Ndyuka. Few Ndyuka men, even older ones, now know it. Used rarely now.
Comments	Second language only.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

AMEKA, Felix K.; ESSEGBEY, James; HUTTAR, George L., authors. 2007. "Gbe and other West African sources of Suriname creole semantic structures: Implications for creole genesis."  

HUTTAR, George L., author. 2010. "Successive African and European contributions to Suriname Creole lexicons."  

HUTTAR, George L.; VELANTIE, Frank, authors. 1997. "Ndyuka-Trio pidgin."