Njuká

E155275

Njuká is an alternative name for the Ndyuka language, a creole spoken primarily by the Ndyuka Maroon community in Suriname and French Guiana.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Njuká canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (29)

Predicate Object
instanceOf creole language ⓘ
language ⓘ
alternativeNameOf Ndyuka language ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Aluku language ⓘ
Paramaccan language ⓘ
country France ⓘ
Suriname ⓘ
developedFrom contact between English and West African languages ⓘ
developedIn Suriname ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Aukaans ⓘ
Aukan ⓘ
Djoeka ⓘ
Djuka ⓘ
Ndyuka ⓘ
hasDomain community life ⓘ
cultural practices ⓘ
hasEthnicAssociation Ndyuka Maroons ⓘ
hasType Maroon creole ⓘ
languageFamily English-based creole ⓘ
region Marowijne River region ⓘ
eastern Suriname ⓘ
linked to: Suriname interior
spokenBy Ndyuka Maroon community ⓘ
linked to: Ndyuka Maroons

Ndyuka people ⓘ
spokenIn French Guiana ⓘ
Suriname ⓘ
status minority language ⓘ
usedIn everyday communication ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Djuka → alternativeName → Njuká ⓘ
Djoeka → alternateName → Njuká ⓘ