Country
Languages of Suriname
The Linguasphere Register records 9 entries for Suriname, spread across 4 of its ten sectors. Each row below links to the Register entry, where the sets, chains and individual languages underneath it can be opened.
9Register entries
4Sectors present
6Zones
0Language entries
3= AUSTRONESIAN 5= INDO-EUROPEAN 7= SINO-INDIAN 8= SOUTH-AMERICA
Register entries recorded in Suriname
| Code | Entry | Level | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
31= | FILIPINIC | Zone | |
52-A | NORSK + FRYSK | Set | GERMANIC,. |
52-AC | FRYSK + DEUTSCH | Chain | CONTINENTAL-WEST-GERMANIC, "frisian" + "teutonic". for note on the term "teutonic" see [52] Deutsch + Nederlands below. … |
52-ACB | DEUTSCH + NEDERLANDS | Net | GERMAN + DUTCH, deutsch + "dutch", ’teutonic’. The modern spoken and recorded idioms of this net are classified below … |
52= | GERMANIC | Zone | Covers the "Germanic" or Norsk + Frysk set, part of the "Indo-European" intercontinental affinity. |
59= | INDIC | Zone | Covers the "Indic", "Indo-Aryan" or Hindi + Domari set of languages, part of the "Indo-Iranian" grouping within the … |
79= | SINITIC | Zone | Covers the "Chinese" or Han-Yu set, part of the "Sino-Tibetan" ("Sino-Indian") continental affinity. |
80= | CARIBIC | Zone | Covers the "wider Carib", "Cariban" or Yucpa + Bakairi set. |
82= | ARAWAKIC | Zone | Covers the "Maipuran" ("Maipurean") or "Core Arawakan" grouping, part of the "wider Arawakan" hypothesis. |
Country placements come from the geographic data published with the Linguasphere Register. They mark where a speech community is recorded, not where a language is official. See sources and attribution.