If you're watching from Suriname I'd love to know what languages you are able to speak!
@sirens74213 жыл бұрын
Can you do a video about Guyana?
@b.r.91803 жыл бұрын
Most of us are able to speak at least 3 languages; Dutch, Surinamese (Sranan Tongo) and English. Some can also speak an extra language like Javanese, Sarnami Hindustani (the dominant indian language) Spanish, Portuguese, or another indigenous/creole language.
@WaterShowsProd3 жыл бұрын
When you mentioned Javanese I figured it was probably The Dutch who were responsible. Very interesting, I never knew about that.
@kakfafadillahe3 жыл бұрын
@@WaterShowsProd Of course, because Indonesia (especially Javanese people) was colonized by the Dutch and it was on the same boat as Suriname.
@MrGregory7773 жыл бұрын
Wow I am in Suriname. I am a Surinamer. I speak Dutch, English and the Creole langauge
@mlcg15003 жыл бұрын
All my Suriname people..let me see you.. Tek joe big up djaso..🇸🇷🇸🇷🇸🇷
@g.d.c123 жыл бұрын
Jawelll
@rachedatindali4393 жыл бұрын
🇸🇷❤
@kishenbinda72263 жыл бұрын
Lol. Mijn surinaams is op basis niveau. Ik zou weinig of niet verstaan wat ik nooit heb gehoord en ook als je snel zou praten. Ik hou niet ervan om in het surinaams te praten.
@MadTrashPanda3 жыл бұрын
Ja boi..100%
@dashsanramat21663 жыл бұрын
Ai toch mie Dja
@nandotemming57673 жыл бұрын
Haha, never expected Suriname to be featured here (or anywhere really). As someone who is half Surinamese, thanks!
@cocoduck77453 жыл бұрын
country's name sounds like a Japanese trying to pronounce "surname"
@Wasbever_143 жыл бұрын
I am also have Surinamese
@charelledevries53023 жыл бұрын
Lol ÖP
@OsamasStory3 жыл бұрын
Same I love Surinam but still
@R.0.3.4.63 жыл бұрын
I’m also half 🇸🇷🇳🇱
@jaykookie1013 жыл бұрын
Funny enough this popped up in my recommendations. Most people don't even know our country exists haha. Glad you made a video on this. We consist of different religions, languages and races. Most of us speak Dutch tho, depending on different parts tho. Some speak less Dutch then others. Surprisingly people find it odd to see so many different people together in one place in our country. It's very nice honestly and I wouldn't change it for the world❤👌
@OsamasStory3 жыл бұрын
I do and I live in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia city of Makkah I love Surinam wish you all the best
@jaykookie1013 жыл бұрын
@@OsamasStory aww thank you and same to you!❤
@jasminetea26533 жыл бұрын
Ahh❤️❤️
@jaykookie1013 жыл бұрын
@@jasminetea2653 hey hey XD❤❤❤
@svenv90343 жыл бұрын
I'm getting more and more fascinated by Suriname. As a Belgian with a strong Dutch influence I can get enough information. However, I am surprised (or rather shocked to be honest) most Brazilians do not know anything about it. "I'd love to visit Suriname as well" - "Where is that?" - "Guiana holandesa" - "Ah! But why you want to go there?". However, when I explain it, they get intrigued as well.
@b.r.91803 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for doing a video about my country. It is so beautiful, diverse and unique, but so unknown to many. For it to receive an entire video is amazing! 🇸🇷
@nathanjoy063 жыл бұрын
Je hebt echt een cool land maat
@xiphactinusaudax10453 жыл бұрын
must've been pretty exciting to see a video about your small country
@VTRXRY3 жыл бұрын
Ofa
@Wasbever_143 жыл бұрын
@@nathanjoy06 ja echt!
@charelledevries53023 жыл бұрын
Bosland
@sahulianhooligan70463 жыл бұрын
Greetings from Australia, learnt about this country from the movie Wan Pipel
@franklynvrij4703 жыл бұрын
Suriname has changed alot Wan Pipel is not more relevant to use as reference
@tahirghoerahoe82463 жыл бұрын
@@franklynvrij470 why not it's the only movie with class
@franklynvrij4703 жыл бұрын
@@tahirghoerahoe8246 I agree that it is a movie with class. The time period the movie was made in - Discrimination among certain group's was huge. Nowadays its otherwise - the culture has really changed allot anno 2021 - the state of the country also
@nathanielsporkslede3 жыл бұрын
Where or how did you see the movie...? Really interested about that...? I live in Suriname, so that’s why I’m asking. Looking forward to your reply...
@shwnamat_15653 жыл бұрын
How tf u evn hear bout that movie😂😂
@krisselissan65393 жыл бұрын
The Netherlands is sending Jeangu Macrooy to Eurovision this year and he’s originally from Suriname. His song also includes some lines in Sranan Tongo!
@callosamiusprometheus73503 жыл бұрын
Kenny B is also popular in NL and born in Suriname! Must be a very musically gifted country ♡
@speerboom3 жыл бұрын
Yu no man broko mi, mi na afu sensi. (I hope I spelled it right). And a wonderful song it is! I’m very happy Jeangu is representing my country with his beautiful message. The Netherlands is more than just the white population so Dutchies with a different background deserve to be heard and should represent the country more often.
@MigSur3 жыл бұрын
The nineties techno group of 2 unlimited (Ray and Anita) are also from Surinamese decent
@djovaynoallen21243 жыл бұрын
@@speerboom that's right my friend
@deskseven3 жыл бұрын
Yeah! Yu no man broko mi! Great song, hope it does well.
@Tidebo13 жыл бұрын
Surinamese Dutch is basically a heavy accent. Funnily enough many Surinamese creole words made it into modern Dutch informal language. Patta, skeer and jonkoe to name a few. I work with a lot of Surinamese folks. According to them Dutch is spoken by everyone, I don't think it is viewed as a 'oppressive' language since, well, they are independent. They can make Sranan the only official language if they want. Surinamese independence is a very interesting topic, as is Suriname as a whole. While they are independent, Dutch influence is HUGE. Apart from the language, there is a huge diaspora in the Netherlands. Many people in Su have family in NL. Most people going on vacation from Su go somewhere within the Dutch kingdom, be it to NL proper or the Dutch Caribbean. Surinamese students can go to Dutch universities for the same cost as Dutch students as opposed to other foreigners who pay much more. In some ways the country is in an unofficial Dutch commonwealth. Independence in 1975 wasn't uncontroversial, since many people there did not want Su to be independent at all. However Colonialism was not cool anymore in the seventies and so the Dutch basically tossed them to the side. The country isn't doing particularly well and official relations between the last Su president and the Dutch government were bad to say the least, relations are now improving again and I hope this has a positive effect on the country. Oh and there are as many culinary influences as there are linguistic ones. Surinamese food is fantastic.
@SheldonY143 жыл бұрын
It's not seen as an oppressive language btw.
@riceislife42003 жыл бұрын
Netherlands is just something we grew up with and is part of our daily lives and sranang tongo.
@Wasbever_143 жыл бұрын
Ja ik kan gewoon horen of iemand SU is
@SheldonY143 жыл бұрын
@@Wasbever_14 En wij kunnen horen als een Surinamer uit Nederland, een Nederlander is...lol. Hebben ander accent dan wij hier in Su
@Wasbever_143 жыл бұрын
@@SheldonY14 haha
@caroln633 жыл бұрын
Hey - from/in Suriname here. You are correct with regards to the relationship of Sranan and Dutch, although it is not the elite only anymore. Anyone who has gone to school will know and speak Dutch, since schooling is exclusively in Dutch. The older people and those who dropped out in elementary school and work in the mostly unofficial industry rarely speak Dutch but will usually understand it more or less. Sranan is indeed the language which everyone if not speaks, then definitely understands. It is now an official language with grammar rules, spelling, and a dictionary. It is an incredibly simple language with no past tense or future tense - you simply add a word to indicate the past: no distinctions between ongoing or finished events, etc. You have to describe what you mean instead of being able to use specific grammar rules to indicate this. Did you know that Suriname was traded for the island of Manhattan? Culturally and the ethnically Suriname is part of the Caribbean.
@michielvdvlies33153 жыл бұрын
ligt Suriname aan de Caraïbische zee of aan de oceaan?
@apeman92383 жыл бұрын
@@michielvdvlies3315 aan de oceaan maar qua cultuur is Suriname Caribbisch
@lovergiiirl3 жыл бұрын
Sranan is surinames creole
@MiguelHernandez-tl3hj3 жыл бұрын
As a Venezuelan i wish i could learn and interact more with our fellow mainland Caribbean neighbors... Sad that language barriers and weird national conceptions haven't allowed us to more sharing and friendship between sibling peoples
@apeman92383 жыл бұрын
@@MiguelHernandez-tl3hj i have Brazilian and Dominican family members. Thanks to our diversity in culture, etnicity and languages, we Surinamese people can comunicate with the rest of the world. There is a small Venezuelan diaspora here in Suriname🇸🇷. We Surinamese love to be friends with the rest of the world.
@gerbenvanessen3 жыл бұрын
"but javanese how did a language from the other side of the pacific..." *me who is dutch* K O L O N I S A T I E
@g.d.c123 жыл бұрын
K O L O N I S A T I E
@kishenbinda72263 жыл бұрын
Geldgierigheid door Nederland. Jk.
@gerbenvanessen3 жыл бұрын
@@kishenbinda7226 dat is een andere manier om het te zeggen ja.
@andriwahyudani13023 жыл бұрын
If Javanese understand your languages, they will storm your comment 😂
@gerbenvanessen3 жыл бұрын
@@andriwahyudani1302 to truly understand they need to see why dutch people sometimes write "Colonised" in places, its a meme from here kzbin.info/www/bejne/infKl6WsbKaZjdk
@AbdullahQecibegCH3 жыл бұрын
I really interested for Surinamese Javanese,greetings from an Indonesian Javanese
@SantomPh3 жыл бұрын
It's not the same though
@AbdullahQecibegCH3 жыл бұрын
@@SantomPh yeah,although our language had some differences,but still Javanese indeed
@Meowsanforever3 жыл бұрын
It’s basically seen as slang in Indonesia. Compared to the different forms of politeness in the asian language, especially Bahasa, Surinamese Javanese is the least polite form.
@AbdullahQecibegCH3 жыл бұрын
@@Meowsanforever Yeah,thanks for the info
@jantofh13773 жыл бұрын
The Javanese spoken is mostly ngoko with some other influences. Krama madya and inggil are not that common.
@ghostsierra873 жыл бұрын
Fun fact: Sranan Tongo has started to make it's way into pop/rap scene in the Netherlands. I believe it is also heavily being used as slang even between the different people. Who knows, it might one day fulfill the same role as it did in Suriname: providing a way for people of different cultures to communicate with one another.
@MrAfusensi3 жыл бұрын
Similair to how patwa made its way into UK and Canada slang.
@pv3253 жыл бұрын
Nonsens, where did you heard this? You are totally wrong informed. . Only some (not all by far) people in 1 or 2 neighourhoods in Amsterdam, were a lot of negro Surinamese live, use it as a street slang. Rest of Netherlands it is never heard. The Hindustani, Chinese and Javaneze Surinamese don't even use it in Netherlands. And its influence in Dutch pop/rap music is very limited, almost non existent.
@MrAfusensi3 жыл бұрын
@@pv325 It's not true. It's used in ALL of the big cities, but came out of the randstad area. Sranan tongo itself is used by everyone, not just people of african descent. I am Surinamese, quit your bs.
@pv3253 жыл бұрын
@@MrAfusensi waarom praat je dan geen Nederlands als je van su ben lul hhahha en niet in Nederland ze moete die achterlijke creool afschaffen hhahah
@apeman92383 жыл бұрын
@@pv325 de enige achterlijke hier, ben jij.
@Isaaaaadjt3 жыл бұрын
I visited Suriname a few years ago and it was quite an experience. The amount of languages I heard and different cultures there were was fascinating
@kakfafadillahe3 жыл бұрын
Thanks to explain about history of language in Suriname, especially about the arrival of the Javanese people who influenced their language. Btw, salam sedulur Jowo 🇸🇷 saka wong Jowo 🇮🇩
@hennakromokarijo38373 жыл бұрын
Salaam from Suriname....as my grandparents were from java indonesia
@hennakromokarijo38373 жыл бұрын
Salaam from Suriname....as my grandparents were from java indonesia
@mfra9593 жыл бұрын
Javanese suriname is Very Proud to they Country 🇸🇷🇸🇷 But i think not all Javanese in Suriname fluent Javanese
@kakfafadillahe3 жыл бұрын
@@mfra959 yup, because it's mixed with other local cultures & languages in that country.
@hennakromokarijo38373 жыл бұрын
@@mfra959 .....nowadays japanese language is not 100% the same as how the javanese from java speaks....the elder generations speaks them still....but the generation now don't even understand the simplest word ....because all the diversities here and the main lamguage is dutch...thus for this reason its slowly losing its roots ....
@MrGregory7773 жыл бұрын
Your pronunciation was very good of those names. It was very surreal hearing those words spoken in a British accent. What a time to be alive
@apeman92383 жыл бұрын
He mispronounced some.
@lovergiiirl3 жыл бұрын
No it wasn't but we love how we still tried
@BlackJack6653 жыл бұрын
Being a Suriname local and stumbling upon this video is very funny indeed
@Wasbever_143 жыл бұрын
Lol
@GurtGerson3 жыл бұрын
Thank you jon bastion and name explain for doing my country ... i was born there but lived in the Netherlands from a very young age! right now I'm writing a sociological paper about how the kolonial switch still affects today. I'm so elated that this video was made at this moment. love love love ❤️
@daspydoesstuff53683 жыл бұрын
I am half Surinamese, Half Dutch. The Saran tongo language is used informally I'ts kinda comparable like how Scottish, Welsh or even Frisian are spoken in the UK and The Netherlands. With the key difference being that you don't see them written so much as a second language on signs and stuff like that.
@apeman92383 жыл бұрын
Sranantongo.
@blabla.87393 жыл бұрын
Informally? Het is gewoon een taal hoor...
@Wasbever_143 жыл бұрын
Fakka bro ik ben ook NL/SU
@michielvdvlies33153 жыл бұрын
@@blabla.8739 informeel. ik ben geen surinamer maar worden bij regeringsinstanties niet alles in het Nederlands genotuleerd? alle vaardigingen worden dacht ik ook in het Nederlands geschreven dat maakt Nederlands de formele taal in SU
@shaisganpat39483 жыл бұрын
@@blabla.8739 Kijk op school werd mij altijd geleerd dat Sranantongo "straattaal" is, grof is, en we mochten het niet spreken. dat is natuurlijk jammer omdat het een deel is van Suriname en eigenlijk gewoon mooi is. Wat maakt sranantongo "Informeel"? 1. We krijgen het niet op school, leren het altijd achteraf en door het gewoon, te spreken. Niemand die de grammatica aan ons leert. 2. In alle officiele documenten die je haalt, staat het geschreven in het Nederlands. Haast alles dat je ziet of hoort om je heen staat in het nederlands (Reclames, nieuws, media etc.). Heel weinig komt het voor dat je een reclame in het sranan tongo ziet. 3. Ons officiele taal is letterlijk, Nederlands. alles daarbuiten zijn eigenlijk bij-talen als ik het zo mag noemen
@janelanesheen3 жыл бұрын
How great to see this! Thank you! Sincerely, a Dutch-born with parents from Suriname (Javanese & Indian)🤗
@watluktwel67673 жыл бұрын
That worked out more than well I see
@JaedynDLux3 жыл бұрын
AAAAH i loved this soo much. It's always great to see my country in these kinds of videos. Most kids here speak 3 languages (usually dutch, english and sranang and whatever tongue they may speak at home) I myself speak 5 languages sranang, dutch, english, spanish and portuguese.
@Omouja3 жыл бұрын
Você fala português? Abraços do Brasil
@NiksAanDeWashand3 жыл бұрын
The Surinamese Dutch is pretty cool when you consider that it took it's own path of development. As a Dutchman, it took me a while to get used to some of the "old-fashioned" words that I heard during my five year tenure there. The grammatical structure of Surinamese Dutch is also increasingly influenced by creole and carribean English, which makes for some unusual sentence constructions. My personal favourite: Begin te gaan.
@VerenigingAANEEN3 жыл бұрын
En als je wilt, hoef je niet te gaan ... haha ;-)
@apeman92383 жыл бұрын
Begin te gaan naar een of ander rotishop, of ye gwa na mojotenti? 😜😂😜😂😜
@jomo24833 жыл бұрын
Impressive Surinamese. But you still have a long way to go before you reach the top dogs, DRC who speak over 200 languages. Including Hebrew. Much of Africa is just broken in terms of languages. My country, Kenya has 55 languages and neighbours Tanzania 120 languages, same as the Indian subcontinent.
@apeman92383 жыл бұрын
@@jomo2483 we do not even care about the top dogs. Btw the indian subcontinent has 400+
@SheldonY143 жыл бұрын
As a Surinamese I'd like to give some insight and some corrections: 0:15 = depending on who you ask, this map is either good or wrong. A Surinamese uses this map: i.pinimg.com/originals/9d/50/c9/9d50c9aebdd61e3be97323a73500f931.jpg. There is a border dispute with both Guyana and France (French Guiana). Read more about that here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borders_of_Suriname 8:11 = Dutch is the native language of 60% of the population. Yes, Sranantongo is spoken by almost everyone, but it has only around 20% of native speakers. The other 60% are the Dutch native speakers that speak Sranantongo as a second language and or mix it with Dutch. Dutch is seen as a formal language, while Sranantongo is seen as a informal language. The more formal the situation, the more Dutch in someone's speech, the less formal the situation, the more you will hear Sranantongo. Dutch is mainly heard in the capital and the area around it, which is also where 70% of the nation lives. 10:44 = Sarnami Hindustani is not an export language. It's a creole language. It was created here and it has mainly influences of Bhojpuri, other Indian languages, Dutch and Sranantongo. A native Hindi and Bhojpuri speaker might understand a lot of it, but not everything. Sarnami is also not spoken by all the 150.000 Indo-Surinamese as native language though. Many of them speak Dutch as native language and either Sarnami or Sranantongo as second or third. 11:00 = The Netherland's didn't rule over that area. It was the British Raj. The Dutch made a deal with the Brits to bring Indians to Suriname, because the British were doing it too. Our neighbor Guyana also has Indians as does Trinidad and many other Caribbean countries. 11:34 = It's not Javanese, it's Surinamese Javanese. A creole language of Suriname. Like Sarnami it has influences of Dutch and Sranantongo. It also has words that sound Javanese, but are not found in standard Javanese of Indonesia. There are not 100,000 speakers as Suriname has only 73,000 Javanese. Of that number only 12.967 speak it; 5.531 are native speakers and 7.436 second speakers. The Javanese in Suriname mainly speak Dutch and Sranantongo. I hope the following is a little more clear now.
@ind-m-203 жыл бұрын
Note: Just because a language has some outside influence it doesn't become a creole a creole is mixture of languages... Sure Surinamese Javanese and Sarnami are different from their cousins in Indonesia and India but they are not different enough to be considered creoles...
@SheldonY143 жыл бұрын
@@ind-m-20 They are considered creole languages. If I use your theory I can say the same about Guyanese Creole, Trinidadian Creole and Jamaican Creole. Heck even Haitian Creole. They have similarities with English and French, but they aren’t English and French. Yet they are classified as Creoles. Similarly Sranantongo is an English based Creole. I can also say it's just a version of English, but it isn’t, because it classifies as a Creole. Sarnami and Surinamese Javanese meet the requirements to classify as Creoles. Linguist in Suriname and the Netherlands also classify it as such. The reason why this guy referred to it as an export language, is because there is not enough information available in English about these languages. Read all information about these languages in Dutch and you'll see that it is classifies as a creole.
@ind-m-203 жыл бұрын
@@SheldonY14 Well its not considered creoles by linguists for reason for example Hindi/Urdu has a lot of persian influence yet it isn't considered a creole, English has a lot of French influence yet it isn't considered a creole so influence isn't the only factor in making a language a creole
@SheldonY143 жыл бұрын
@@ind-m-20 I think it's imporatant to know how a creole language gets created. And why the other languages you mentioned are not Creoles. When people from many areas come together (factors such as slavery and/or indenture laborers) and they can't understand each other and have a need to communicate, they create this language called a pidgin language. When the next generation takes over that language, as their native language, it's called a creole. This video explains it in 5 minutes more perfectly: kzbin.info/www/bejne/p6KtemqJmbhsfck In this case Sarnami was created the same way. People from all over the Indian subcontinent coming into Suriname in a period of 30+ years, with the majority speaking Bhojpuri and others some other languages. To understand each other, they had to create a common language to communicate with each other (taking Dutch, Sranantongo and Bhojpuri/Indo-Aryan words)...that's what you call a pidgin language. The next generation being born, now learns that pidgin language instead of the language their parents spoke in India. Because that language is now the native language of that new generation, it's no longer called a pidgin, but a creole language. So Sarnami started out as a pidgin and became a creole language. The same thing also happend to Surinamese-Javanese. People mainly from central Java, but also other parts of Indonesia coming together and have a need to understand each other. They create a common pidgin language, from Dutch, Sranantongo, Javanese and other languages in Indonesia. This is taught to their children who will now speak this as a native language, making it a creole.
@micayahritchie71583 жыл бұрын
@@SheldonY14 Caribbean creoles are not like the European languages at all. I speak one and understand another
@lewatoaofair25223 жыл бұрын
♫ It’s time to learn Geography ♫ NOW!
@psmsedwinfran5013 жыл бұрын
what
@xsXRevanXsx3 жыл бұрын
“Hey I’m your host Barby, and welcome to another episode of..”
@revinhatol3 жыл бұрын
Speaking of, the Suriname episode is coming soon! twitter.com/geographynow
@revinhatol3 жыл бұрын
kzbin.info/www/bejne/bWaZooyNmLloqpo
@mfra9593 жыл бұрын
NOWWW
@rebenia76143 жыл бұрын
This just makes me so happy.big up sranang brada nanga sisa😘🇸🇷🇸🇷🇸🇷
@ibrhm_a3 жыл бұрын
Speaking of Suriname, hello from Indonesia fellow brothers and sisters Indonesia also had a huge variety of living languages, there's 700 of them Anyway, great and insightful video as always!
@gsw84593 жыл бұрын
🇸🇷 💓🇮🇩 Aku cinta Indonesia!!
@DeShakeel3 жыл бұрын
As a surinamese person proud that we are featured. I speak sranan tongo and other languages as well. I don't live in Suriname anymore but i never forget where i came from
@JonBastian3 жыл бұрын
I'm a Patreon Saint. Yay!
@hederlisa3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for recommending us!!!
@allanrichardson14683 жыл бұрын
As a boomer who grew up with colonial era maps, I can testify that when it was a Dutch colony, the final silent E was not used. It was added only after independence.
@sion83 жыл бұрын
That's strange, because the name of the place while under the Dutch was Dutch Guiana, just like Guyana was British Guiana or Belize in Central America was British Honduras.
@allanrichardson14683 жыл бұрын
@@sion8 Come to think of it, I may have seen both “Dutch Guiana” and “Surinam.” They may have been alternate names. But there was a time when “Surinam” was spelled without the final E.
@sion83 жыл бұрын
@@allanrichardson1468 It still is in Spanish, but that's because it would sound weird with that ⟨E⟩, unlike in English.
@allanrichardson14683 жыл бұрын
@@sion8 Interesting. To me it the silent E would also be out of place in English, since it rhymes with “Mom” and not with “name.” In French the silent E would make it rhyme with “Mom,” however. If I had to do business there, I would check it out with the US State Dept. I do know a family that came from there. I’ll ask them and get back on here. Thanks.
@sion83 жыл бұрын
@@allanrichardson1468 Ah, sure, no problem.
@NexuJin3 жыл бұрын
I'm south-east Asian that moved to Suriname and learned Dutch there. Than moved to Netherlands since I already learned how to speak their language. Here in Netherlands in street slang ""Suriname" often gets shorted to "Su".
@mafiafankyl3 жыл бұрын
Welcome to our beautifull country my friend!
@gsw84593 жыл бұрын
Which part of South-east Asia if I may ask?
@kishenbinda72263 жыл бұрын
This is 'su' true. 😂 Born and raised here. But I don't like the surinamese language.
@NexuJin3 жыл бұрын
@@gsw8459 @hk
@gsw84593 жыл бұрын
@@NexuJin Honk Kong
@fabimre3 жыл бұрын
Having lived 3 years in Suriname, I encountered also several other cultures and languages than you summed up. As a starter, there are still descendants of Portuguese Jews (from Brazil) as wel as Jews from early Colonization by Dutch, of whom still speak a remnant of Hebrew. Further there are descendants of Libanese immigrants, who speak a form of Arab. Also there are descendants of immigrants of Cabo Verde, which speak still a dialect of Portuguese. Then there are descendants of early Dutch settlers who speak a very Surinamised Dutch, called "Boeroe" (boers meaning Farmers), whitch is not unlike (South-) Afrikaans. The "Hindustani" have alse still many speakers in "Hindi" (from India) as well as "Urdu" (the language now of Pakistan). The "Javanese" speak themselves more (inter-related) languages, like Soendanese and Madurese, and some languages from other Indonesian Islands, though there are only a few speakers still alive. But then the Chinese: there are many languages in China, of which some are still spoken in Suriname. And I might have forgotten some also. Still even more so a record!
@apeman92383 жыл бұрын
In Suriname spreken de indiase expats hindi. Sarnami wordt gesproken door de hindustanen.
@aaronodonoghue17913 жыл бұрын
Am I the only one who used to misread "Suriname" as "surname", and wondered why there was a country named after last names
@quidam_surprise3 жыл бұрын
Yep
@thefluffybunny3 жыл бұрын
Yep
@rachedatindali4393 жыл бұрын
Yea i get that a lot when people ask where I'm from and try to pronounce it lol
@amazyamacrooy3 жыл бұрын
I looked at the thumbnail and went ohh wait that's my country. Thank you for doing this❤🇸🇷
@tenzin87453 жыл бұрын
Suriname is an example of how many people can live together in harmony ❤🇸🇷
@DutchMolenaar3 жыл бұрын
With a massmurderer and convicted drug dealer as president lol (Desi Bouterse)
@apeman92383 жыл бұрын
@@DutchMolenaar de huidige heet Chan Santokhi.
@jaywarudo2 жыл бұрын
@@DutchMolenaar desi Bouterse me bil
@avonbarksdale22682 жыл бұрын
Together in harmony? Or are the maroons discriminated.
@amosamwig83943 ай бұрын
@@DutchMolenaar lol
@derric04123 жыл бұрын
Ofa I'm from Suriname and I'm thankful you made a video about my country. Heel feel dank en blessie mi brada tek eng rustig jere, adios.XD
@mashooqa56693 жыл бұрын
Suriname 🇸🇷 🇸🇷 🇸🇷 We approve of this video. If you are Surinamese or have lived in Suriname for a few years you are automatically multi lingual.
@watluktwel67673 жыл бұрын
Nah, I was to lazy
@guillaumine13 жыл бұрын
I really love how you try your best to pronounce the names👍😊. It's really nice to see this as a recommendation! Born and raised in Suriname! 😉
@muskreality3 жыл бұрын
Tanzania's national languages included Swahili, English, French, German and over 120 ethinic languages.
@briigasai2043 жыл бұрын
Thanks for telling people about us. There's a lot more to tell and learn about Suriname.
@MrGregory7773 жыл бұрын
One thing i would like to add. The Dutch had some land in India but the indentured servants that came here, which I am a descendant from, came from British India. The Dutch asked the British for some manpower and the Brits said, I know a place with lots of people.
@faithlesshound56213 жыл бұрын
That explains why they speak Hindustani or Bhojpuri in Surinam. The Dutch had forts on the coast of Kerala (where they speak Malayalam) and colonised Ceylon between the Portuguese and the British.
@Lars33 жыл бұрын
Thank you for doing an episode about Suriname! I was fortunate enough to spend New Years in Paramaribo a few years ago and immediately fell in love with Suriname. Such an interesting and beautiful country. Everyone I interacted with spoke very good English, but walking around the markets at night it was really interesting to hear Surinamese Dutch as well as other languages being spoken there. Although the book focuses on Guyana you should read "Bastard Tongues" by Derek Bickerton, it goes into great detail on the African/ Guiana creoles across that area. Incredibly fascinating.
@taarishsheoratan74943 жыл бұрын
Oi lad The relationship between Dutch and sranan is : we just put that stuff in the blender and talk....that's it there is no divide between elites and non elites using a specific language . we just mix that stuff most of the time
@Wasbever_143 жыл бұрын
Fakka broer Of fawaka
@apeman92383 жыл бұрын
@@Wasbever_14 Fawaka*
@isaiah34573 жыл бұрын
@@apeman9238 nefo jih lul na ala 2 klo wis wasi beest
@apeman92383 жыл бұрын
@@isaiah3457 say deh yu e du so? A pa fi no boel yu noh? No yu e frustreer. Nefo go nyang pi yere, no kon lul tap traman edeh. Waardeloos figuur yu.
@isaiah34573 жыл бұрын
@@apeman9238 ie aksi ie pa foe vertaal sranantongo klo dot khoelie
@Lawa.lio-mii9 ай бұрын
🇸🇷‼️ To Us Alone Bushinenge (maroon) of Suriname. We have many languages 7 & 7 : there seven contemporary Afro-Surinamese and a bit of European Creole languages: Sranan tongo, Saamaka, Matawai, Okanisi, Kwiïnti, Aluku and Pamaka. 7 other older ones that some of us also practice are: Amanfu, Kumanti, Akoopina, Loanga, Ampuku, Papa and Anklibenda, ancestral African languages. saamaka, Pamaka, Aluku, Sranan, Okanisi, Matawai, Kiïnti. and the oldest Amanfu, Kumantie, Papa, Loanga, Anklibenda, Akoopina, Ampuku THESE ARE LANGUAGES PRACTICED ALREADY MORE THAN 343 - 500 YEARS OLD. I am extremely proud of what we have, I myself speak 7 of them with other languages from elsewhere like French, English and Créole guyanaise. So with the rest of the other communities in the country we are unique for a population of around 630,000 inhabitants on a territory covered 90% by the primary Amazonian forest.
@tahirrizwan67593 жыл бұрын
Whaaaaaat I’m half Surinamese. I was born in Holland where we have a huge diaspora. I speak Dutch and can understand Sarnami. However my dad who was born there speaks Dutch, Sranang Tongo, and Sarnami (Daughter language of Bhojpuri of the Indo-Surinamese population)
@jerrymathura58073 жыл бұрын
You're a blacka jantje
@apeman92383 жыл бұрын
Niet alleen bhojpuri
@sayantanpaul6263 жыл бұрын
Bro what are bhojpuris doing in Latin America???
@apeman92383 жыл бұрын
@@sayantanpaul626 South America*
@tahirrizwan67593 жыл бұрын
@@sayantanpaul626 So basically during the Britsh Raj in India, slavery of Africans was abolished which lead to a shortage of labor on sugarcane fields and coffee plantations. To make up for this loss, the British, along with mainly the French and the Dutch started “importing” labor from one of the poorest regions in India. Mainly from UP and Bihar. Our ancestors got shipped to various parts of the world including Suriname, Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, Fiji, even to Africa. Most notably Kenya and Uganda. 200+ years have passed and now we’re our own distinct ethnic group collectively known as Indo-Caribbeans/Indo-Fijians/Indo-Africans :) Our language is known as Caribbean-Hindi or Sarnami/Hindoestaans as we call it in Suriname and Holland. Edit: Suriname isn’t located in “Latin-America” since it’s not a Spanish-speaking country like Guyana and Belize but they are of course in South America where most of the Spanish-speak pop. live.
@sharezakarg19613 жыл бұрын
Something I've noticed (being from Suriname) is that more and more (young/ gen z/ gen Alpha) people are developing an accent. I have it and a lot of my friends do too. It kinda sounds like a Dutch accent, but we got it from speaking too much english. We now pronounce our Rs less clearly and our Ls a little different. To be completely honest I think one day in the far future English will be spoken more than dutch and surinames/ any other languages in Suriname.
@SheldonY143 жыл бұрын
I thought I was the only one who noticed. It's called a "gehemelte-r". The rolling-r that the older generation has is disappearing. Though, if they government does take action in the education system, Dutch could still be preserved and spoken for many generations to come.
@jriver2263 жыл бұрын
A creole is not specific to america, but rather refers to any pidgin language that becomes a native language. There are even theories that English is a creole language, and many Creoles came about across the world as a result of imperialism.
@Lars33 жыл бұрын
Have you read Bastard Tongues by Derek Bickerton? He focuses much of that book on the creoles spoken in the Guianas. Very fascinating .
@geoffroi-le-Hook3 жыл бұрын
there is a movement to call the Creole spoken in Haiti simply Haitian and not Hatian Creole
@CalebChrisR3 жыл бұрын
the dutch had indonesia its reflected in surinamese food
@kakfafadillahe3 жыл бұрын
Yup: Bakmi, Saoto (Soto), Dawet (🇸🇷: pink version & 🇮🇩: black version), etc.
@Wasbever_143 жыл бұрын
That also explains the Javanese
@Wasbever_143 жыл бұрын
@@kakfafadillahe ja dat is allemaal lekker
@vitorluigi29113 жыл бұрын
God: "Ok, and now to Suriname. How many languages do you want?" Suriname: NO, BUT ALSO YES
@jaywarudo3 жыл бұрын
"NEE, MAAR OK WEL
@DruggedParrot3 жыл бұрын
Fact about my country: The last TWO speakers of the Mawayana language live in the village of Kwamalasamutu in the south of Suriname. It was spoken in the south of Suriname and north of Brazil. After these people pass away the Mawayana will be extinct.
@shaisganpat39483 жыл бұрын
Surinamese here! loved the video, some of the facts are even new to me, haha! About the language: The most schools are in Dutch and teach exclusively in Dutch like (96% of them). Surinamese people who don't speak Dutch generally haven't had basic education. However this may be just about 10% of the population or less. The majority of the population (90%) lives in urban areas, but the rest are scattered throughout the (mostly) untouched nature that accounts for roughly 90% of the country! Sranan Tongo is very easy to learn because it doesn't have a lot of words (Approx. 340!), so often this language eliminates the language barrier for people that don't speak Dutch in the country. If you meet a Surinamese person, it's most likely they'll understand you the best in Dutch! About Dutch in the Netherlands vs Suriname : Surinamese and the Dutch understand each other perfectly! The only problem can be the accent, but it's not hard to get past that. Grammatically both are identical. Generally Surinamese and the Dutch understand each other for about 99% because of how we sometimes address certain objects or actions.
@SheldonY143 жыл бұрын
Amazing explanation. As a fellow Surinamese I agree with what you said.
@sayantanpaul6263 жыл бұрын
Bro are your parents Indian or something? Your surname is Ganpat and you look very Indian!!!
@shaisganpat39483 жыл бұрын
@@sayantanpaul626 I am Indian! Hahaha. But you can day I'm a "Dutch Indian". From 1873 there were alot of Indian immigrants that came from (then called) British-India. This was when suriname was a British colony. Buuut later the Dutch colonized Suriname, and after the independence in 1975 some moved to the Netherlands and other's stayed in Suriname (like my (great) grandparents)
@gabkikop69493 жыл бұрын
I'm Dutch with afro-Surinamese roots. Many people of my age don't really speak Sranan Tongo here in the Netherlands. Our parents and/or grandparents moved to the Netherlands and there are many of them who didn't teach their children Sranan. It was forbidden to speak Sranan tongo during the colonized times. As result people are proudly dutch-Surinamesre, but their level or Sranan Tongo is very low. There are many initiatives by organisations to help the next generation of the Surinamese diaspora in the Netherlands with learning S.T. language is part of your heritage.
@Jackofalltrades1-13 жыл бұрын
Can I get your WhatsApp number.. I will to know you
@VerenigingAANEEN3 жыл бұрын
Iya wi e leri suma tu fu taki Sranan : info@verenigingaaneen.nl
@jainandunsingsafio22093 жыл бұрын
I'm from suriname, and i can speak : dutch, English, javaanese, Spanish And Portuguese(cause of school), and a little bit of hindu. and we got a ton of cultures in here, there's even a mosque build next to a synagogue which is freaking awesome
@apeman92383 жыл бұрын
Je bedoelt Sarnami Hindustani.
@sandyhanif51362 жыл бұрын
Piye kabare?
@MdelCastilho3 жыл бұрын
Very educational and well presented. Shared with my family in and from Suriname
@youngpicassojnf68033 жыл бұрын
♥️💯🇸🇷 Suriname 🇸🇷♥️💯🔥 I live in Suriname 🇸🇷 best country ever And I'm a saramakaan and proud 👏🏾💯❤️
@bosniakedisniksic3 жыл бұрын
9:55 is it 70,000 like you said or 7,000 like you wrote on screen?
@ronaldl90853 жыл бұрын
"Street language" in the Netherlands is heavily influenced by Tamazight (Berber language from Nothern Marocco) and Sranantongo (from Suriname). Pattas - shoes Doekoe - money Taataa - Dutch people All come from Sranantongo for example.
@apeman92383 жыл бұрын
En als je zei dat het Sranantongo was heb je alle termen fout geschreven.
@avonbarksdale22682 жыл бұрын
Patta = from portugese sapata. Tata is congolese for father. We are mis using it. Know before you speak.
@MrAfusensi2 жыл бұрын
@@avonbarksdale2268 Tata is also father in sranan tongo but that's not where the slang for Dutch people comes from. It's from p'tata (potatoes) which at some point got it's p dropped from the slang word.
@avonbarksdale22682 жыл бұрын
@@MrAfusensi Dat is wat ze jou zeggen ja. Wanneer die oudere bidden naar “Nana A Tata” zal je ze zeggen ze hebben het van het woord P’tata ja. 😂 Tata is congolees en Wij creolen in Suriname komen meerendeels van Loango Congo streek / Angola.
@igboamaka61422 жыл бұрын
@@avonbarksdale2268 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣👌
@ocaliethe80swolf243 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the great vid about my country. Respect and love from suriname
@fridgemagnet98313 жыл бұрын
Suriname are amazing, speach dutch and English and have a lot of Indians.
@Wasbever_143 жыл бұрын
🇳🇱🇳🇱🇸🇷🇸🇷
@yonikuncoro77043 жыл бұрын
Javanese here. 🙏🙏😂
@rachedatindali4393 жыл бұрын
We have a lot of races I'm mixed Indigenous native, African (black) and Indian ❤🇸🇷
@kishenbinda72263 жыл бұрын
I work with someone from Indigenous, Chinese and Indian and I mistook her for a Javanese bc she kinda looks like a Javanese woman. For real.
@sayantanpaul6263 жыл бұрын
What are Indians doing in Latin America?????
@aranxtaburnet5423 жыл бұрын
Beautiful video..love it🇸🇷👏 Like the different languages we also have different religions what also make us unique. A beautiful place where we live in harmony with each other 🙏🌍
@LetsTakeWalk3 жыл бұрын
Just in time for Geography Now, who I think has its next episode about Suriname.
@FairyCRat3 жыл бұрын
Nope, Sri Lanka, then Sudan and South Sudan. Suriname will only come after these 3.
@jagadeeshdomalapelli4873 жыл бұрын
@@FairyCRat Yeah
@kakfafadillahe3 жыл бұрын
And now, it's time to next episode after Sudan & South Sudan
@shenishabalak65343 жыл бұрын
Omggg!!! Reallyyy a video about our country❤❤🇸🇷🇸🇷🇸🇷 I'M FROM SURINAME AND IT IS A FACT THAT IT IS A BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY AND WE HAVE MANY LANGUAGES❤❤🤗🤗🤗🇸🇷🇸🇷🇸🇷 btw i live in SURINAME and i speak Hindoestani also know as Surinami❤❤🤗🤗 ok greeting from suriname🇸🇷❤❤🤗🤗🤗🇸🇷🇸🇷🇸🇷🇸🇷🇸🇷🇸🇷
@aleasachayenne32193 жыл бұрын
I'm arawak and i can talk a little bit of my own language and also Dutch and many others. Suriname really does have many cultures and it's so amazing.
@apeman92383 жыл бұрын
Je moet meer arawaks spreken, laat het niet uitsterven.
@sandeshramawadh1383 жыл бұрын
Pe den sranan mang f'mi de? Iets om trots op te zijn! Loved this video
@giokyo94653 жыл бұрын
I see my country i click.
@Wasbever_143 жыл бұрын
Suriname 🇸🇷🇳🇱
@einatmengbkade3 жыл бұрын
yeah...we all do! Can't help ourselves!
@fuseteam3 жыл бұрын
i can't give you ratio perse, but dutch is often used in formal settings while sranantongo is used in informal settings so most people speak both depending on the situations and who they are speaking to officially we are taught in dutch but most of media, at least when it comes to movies and series, are just in english, no dutch subtitles. all official media is in dutch however. we are taught english in our 8th year of school all the way till the end of highschool. we are also taught spanish in our 8 year but after our 9th year it becomes optional
@Fistrike3 жыл бұрын
I wasn't paying much attention to the name of this video, and for a second i unsarstood it as "surnames' varieties in origins " (i don't know how that end ended up there either), and now i'm curious on the variety in surnames origins XD
@acps783 жыл бұрын
Suriname is a really something special. Africans, indians, javanese, chinese all having their own language and a common language that everyone can understand and speak even though that language is not taught at school!
@acps783 жыл бұрын
@@IndigoSoul100 yeah but india does not have multiple races living together like chinese and afro's
@SheldonY143 жыл бұрын
@@IndigoSoul100 Yes, but they are so small, compared to the larger Aryan race living in India, which is like 99% of all people in India. They speak multiple languages, but they belong to the same race and their cultures have something in common...like food etc. In Suriname they are just opposite cultures and none of them are a majority. They are all minorities. They are almost similar in size.
@thegrandlord29143 жыл бұрын
Suriname often sending their javanese suriname as diplomat in indonesia as it can make relation between the two country became closer and closer Also, if you are javanese suriname and never tracking your relatives in java, it's better to start doing so, as alot of javanese suriname already find their relatives in indonesia Psst... If you are javanese suriname and you are single, finding your relatives in java might be a good idea, as you may have lots of beautiful cousin to choose
@apeman92383 жыл бұрын
Wtf incest 😂😂😂😂😂😂
@thegrandlord29143 жыл бұрын
@@apeman9238 not if the cousin comes from your mom's brother or one of your grandma's sister grandchild
@apeman92383 жыл бұрын
@@thegrandlord2914 as a Surinamese i would like a javanese Surinamese girl (allways beautiful) but i am not that found of hindustani girls.
@thegrandlord29143 жыл бұрын
@@apeman9238 psst... Indonesian javanese has mixed with other ethnic which makes them even more beautiful. Some indonesian javanese even have orientalish face
@apeman92383 жыл бұрын
@@thegrandlord2914 btw. Whay do every indonesian i saw commenting on a video about Suriname, only care about the javanese people of Suriname? And that guy Raymond Sapoen is politician that needs to work on his popularity guy (i saw indonesian news say that he was president of suriname or somthing). And javanese people here in Suriname are only 14% of the population, the largest are the Hindustanies (like myself) people often think that i am Javanese instead of Hindustani.
@vampirehawkgirl3 жыл бұрын
Another interesting fact about Warao is that it's one of the few languages which uses object-subject-verb word order. However, OSV has found notability in English; it's the word order that Yoda speaks in
@siriestichotkan21983 жыл бұрын
The Dutch didn't seize it but they exchanged it with the British the British got new York
@SheldonY143 жыл бұрын
They did in 1667 to which the British took it again and then they exchanged it with New York.
@siriestichotkan21983 жыл бұрын
@@SheldonY14 i know, but then it wasn't recognized as a Dutch colony when the exchanged happened it became official.
@SheldonY143 жыл бұрын
@@siriestichotkan2198 However, control was exercised by the Dutch. So the government and administration style was Dutch oriented. So in practice it was under Dutch control since 1667. Many historians in Suriname recognize it as such and in school during history class we learn it as such.
@yoseyos18333 жыл бұрын
🇸🇷🇸🇷🇸🇷 love from suriname to you all land of love 🇸🇷🇸🇷🇸🇷🇸🇷🇸🇷
@sahilmanurat20433 жыл бұрын
Really nice to see my country get more exposure
@supernova3213 жыл бұрын
I never thought that someone actually would talk about my country on KZbin 🥰 l gotta share this
@mysteriousDSF3 жыл бұрын
3:48 'in 3000 BC they didn't care much for borders like wo do' that's what you think. For the most part, tribes make up very pronounced borders along the lines of geographical features such as rivers, valleys or mountains.
@sion83 жыл бұрын
Yeah, but they weren't precise like we have them now where we can measure them to the micrometer! People back then only defended what they thought was most vulnerable via fortifications and left the rest to chance if it wasn't too much of a burden, which is why they left it to geography to stop people or at least to a trickle.
@mysteriousDSF3 жыл бұрын
@@sion8 well, he said they didn't care much, not that they didn't care AS much.
@sion83 жыл бұрын
@@mysteriousDSF Oh, he is still right. It is with the advent of the modern passport that everyone becomes super serious about borders. Travel for most of human history didn't require one as one could get anywhere one wanted to as long as one had the means. Today, we have visas and migration control is very tight and so most border be precise.
@nobodyknows14553 жыл бұрын
Im seeing this an hour after submitting my schoolwork on Suriname 😀
@DeborahElizabethFinn3 жыл бұрын
I recommend "Lexicon Valley," a podcast by John McWhorter. He's a professional linguist who has done a lot of research on creole languages in Suriname. He covers a range of linguistic topics in a quirky way that is accessible to non-specialists.
@dwight4k3 жыл бұрын
Yes, I recently discovered his podcast. It's very well done.
@mendossanibte17433 жыл бұрын
Thanks for presenting suriname international. I'm from suriname and i speak 7 languages 😊😊😊😊 2 i learn in school ( english and spanish) From home ( sranan tongo, dutch,japanese, aucaans is one of the ndyuka language, french) my mom was half black half japanese my dad is black. But they speak many language.🇸🇷🇸🇷🇸🇷🇸🇷🇸🇷
@parboguy3 жыл бұрын
I suppose you mean *Javanese* instead of Japanese.
@cikgutinghuaeechannel47823 жыл бұрын
hope u can explain about language in Curacao.
@Wasbever_143 жыл бұрын
Haha Curaçao would be cool
@apeman92383 жыл бұрын
Papiamento/Papiamentu. Kon ta bai swa.
@deskseven3 жыл бұрын
Definitely! What an interesting language Papiamento is
@marjoryrekna37793 жыл бұрын
Hii, greatings from Suriname 🇸🇷 In these covid times it is good to see something other than covid... Thank you for making a video of the languages in Suriname... Some things not accurate though but it's a start ☺
@Nicky_TM3 жыл бұрын
Groeten van jullie Europese broertjes 🇳🇱🇸🇷❤️
@apeman92383 жыл бұрын
Groeten terug 🇸🇷🤝🇳🇱
@704joy3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for making this vdo. The thought recently crossed my mind to suggest Suriname as it's indeed an interesting country with interesting people and the many languages. I'm a second generation Amsterdammer (lastly I consider myself Dutch) from Surinamese descend. The fact that I was born and raised in Amsterdam whilst my parents spoke solely Dutch to me and my siblings was, as already mentioned, due to the erroneous idea that we as children were thought to have lingual difficulties in NL. As a matter of fact thus very situation opened up my interest for languages at an early age. I taught myself the basics in English through the adult courses on telly. I then already discovered similarities between SrananTongo (~ng~ sounds as in 'ring') which sped my skill. In answer of your question: this made me speak seven languages; NL, DE, FR, ES, CAT, ST and EN.
@terrelmoeljoredjo82613 жыл бұрын
My ansasteres are from Java but the funny part is i can't speak Java only my parens . Because we learn a nother type of lenguages that is Nederlands.😒
@sandyhanif51362 жыл бұрын
I'm Javanese Indonesian, sadly I also can't speak Javanese because my parents never taught me Javanese and quite a lot of children today can't speak Javanese;"(
@chevellomanasse15113 жыл бұрын
Greetings from Suriname🇸🇷🇸🇷🇸🇷 We are blessed, its just that our Leaders are corrupt, but we are a very blessed country🙏🏽♥♥♥
@CalebChrisR3 жыл бұрын
not him not including curacao aruba and bonaire on the map😭😭 Surinam and curacao aruba bonaire were all a colony together at one point
@FairyCRat3 жыл бұрын
@Patrick Hudson They aren't. Bonaire is part of the Netherlands proper, while Aruba and Curaçao are countries of the kingdom, just like Sint Maarten is.
@Wasbever_143 жыл бұрын
Waar kom je vandaan, A, B of C?
@riazedn47283 жыл бұрын
Suriname is apart van de ABC eilanden
@BrianImambaks3 жыл бұрын
Hi, I am from Suriname and I speak, Dutch, English, Sranan-tongo, hindi and Sarnami
@theconqueringram52953 жыл бұрын
Suriname's variety of languages is a reminder about the country's fascinating history and culture.
@givepeaceachance9402 жыл бұрын
Consider also doing a video on Guyana- only British speaking country in South America!
@Wasbever_143 жыл бұрын
Suriname 🇸🇷 Well I am Dutch but have a SU mother
@ariefrakhman38093 жыл бұрын
During the Dutch colonialism era, the Javanese were not only brought to Suriname, but also to Malaysia, Singapore, New Caledonia, South Africa and Sri Lanka, some as workers and some as convict. Mostly SA Cape Malay and Sri Lanka Malay ancestor are Javanese people.
@gsw84593 жыл бұрын
South Africa and Sri Lanka were briefly part of the Dutch Empire. Malaysia and singapore were part of the British Empire. New Caledonia is still under the French Empire!
@michellaflavius17903 жыл бұрын
I'm so sad that I don't speak any of my country's languages. We migrated and my mom thought it was best not to speak speak to us in Dutch so that we can learn English, bad idea
@LAKD3 жыл бұрын
Wouldn't have done any good, no use for it
@michellaflavius17903 жыл бұрын
@@LAKD that's your opinion, but I'm trying to learn Dutch, it's important to me
@GrunnenEnSeyst3 жыл бұрын
@@michellaflavius1790 heel goed. Als t voor jou belangrijk voelt dan is t dat. Veel succes met leren
@VerenigingAANEEN3 жыл бұрын
we can teach you how to speak Sranan ..online or in class : info@verenigingaaneen.nl
@rajeevramnewaz78353 жыл бұрын
Linguistic treasure wow.... We Surinamers appreciate your time taken for all your input to make such great video... Haha... It's really fascinating that foreigners see out beloved Suriname like a treasure! Where are you from? I speak Sranang tongo, sarnami, Dutch(our main language) English and little Spanish
@bhka64233 жыл бұрын
Damn, thats awesome
@SupaSoniQ3 жыл бұрын
You forgot Arabic.. since a big parrt of Suriname is Muslim. Also lots of Jewish people, immigrants from Syria, Turkey and Morocco.
@VinVinVlog3 жыл бұрын
Maybe 200 hundred people yeah Turks dont even speak arabic
@SupaSoniQ3 жыл бұрын
@@VinVinVlog that's why I said 'also' because Jews and Moroccans at some instances don't either..
@haziqmhi60863 жыл бұрын
Malay person from Malaysia🇲🇾 love all my bumiputera/nusantara people✊
@dalubwikaan1613 жыл бұрын
Suriname is sure intresting and a treasure. 💡
@Naanbanaan3 жыл бұрын
I am dutch and moved to Suriname a couple years ago. In the Netherlands I grew up with some basic words in Sranantongo, but when I moved it felt like I had to learn all over again. It’s been 10 years now and I can understand it perfectly but it’s hard for me to speak😂 Most people from the city at least understand dutch, even if they don’t speak it, but most people from the interior have problems with/ do not speak or understand dutch, since it is more of a city (and surrounding areas) thing. But it’s a minor effort to learn Surinamese, it is very easy, that’s why most new immigrants start by learning sranantongo instead of dutch or English. Any dutch, English, Spanish or Portuguese speaking person has an advantage in learning the language 😌 Hope this made some things clear lol.
@apeman92383 жыл бұрын
Wat je in Nederland over Sranan geleerd had is rommel. Vandaar je het weer opnieuw moest leren.
@ethanielclyne58103 жыл бұрын
It's pronounced suh-ri-naam not suh-ri-num
@shandelldieko59293 жыл бұрын
in english u say suh-ri-num duh
@ejlova_92suriname83 жыл бұрын
Surinam just like Vietnam
@isaiah34573 жыл бұрын
Its pronouned chan-santhoki or tap-i-klo-tingi-bek
@apeman92383 жыл бұрын
Ooit gehoord van accenten?
@mskoff153 жыл бұрын
Really cool didn't expect you to talk about Suriname really cool man
@UnfriendlyGhostK3 жыл бұрын
I would say i hope he does the languages of Papua New Guinea. But because that has over 800 languages i think that may be a long video
@einatmengbkade3 жыл бұрын
oooh mercy!!!
@dannin12783 жыл бұрын
I always forget that Suriname is in the Americas/ South America
@kingdomofbird81743 жыл бұрын
Fun fact: there's more native speakers of German than, dutch in south America
@arynojo98103 жыл бұрын
Born in Suriname, now living abroad. I keep shocking people when I tell them that I speak at least 5 languages fluently, thanks to my Surinamese roots.