Aluku Djuka

E604538

Aluku Djuka is a Maroon Creole language spoken by the Aluku people, primarily in French Guiana and Suriname.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Aluku Djuka canonical 1
Aluku Ndyuka 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Creole language
Maroon Creole language
human language
associatedWith Aluku Maroons
linked to: Aluku

Maroon culture
closelyRelatedTo Aukan language
Ndyuka language
Paramaccan language
developedFrom English
developedIn plantation societies of Suriname
ethnicGroup Aluku people
hasAlternativeName Aluku
Aluku Ndyuka
Aluku Nenge
linked to: Aluku

Aluku Nenge Tongo
linked to: Aluku

Aluku Nengee
linked to: Aluku

Aluku dialect
hasLinguisticFeature SVO word order
postposed definite articles
reduplication
serial verb constructions
tonal distinctions
hasOriginPeriod 17th–18th century
hasSubstrateLanguage Akan languages
linked to: Akan language

Gbe languages
Kikongo
other West African languages
isDialectOf Ndyuka language
languageFamily Creole
English-based Creole
languageType spoken language
vernacular language
originatesFrom Maroon communities in Suriname
region Maroni River region
linked to: Maroni River

interior of French Guiana
interior of Suriname
spokenBy Aluku people
spokenIn French Guiana
Suriname
status endangered language
minority language
subclassOf English-based Creole language
usedAlongside Dutch
French
Sranan Tongo
usedFor cultural practices
everyday communication
oral tradition
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Aluku language hasAlternativeName Aluku Ndyuka
linked to: Aluku Djuka
Aluku language hasAlternativeName Aluku Djuka