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Saramaccan

American  
[sar-uh-mak-uhn] / ˌsær əˈmæk ən /

noun

  1. an English-based creole spoken in the interior of Suriname.

Etymology

Origin of Saramaccan

1955–60; Saramacc(a) a river in Surinam (on the upper reaches of which the language is spoken) + -an

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Then we are off again, to fly farther south and east to the Maroon Saramaccan village of Asindopo in the region of the Upper Suriname River.

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