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  2. Surinamese Dutch ( Surinaams-Nederlands, pronounced [ˌsyːriˈnaːms ˈneːdərlɑnts]) also known as Surinaams is the form of Dutch spoken in Suriname and is the official language in Suriname, a former Dutch colony. [1] Dutch is spoken as a native language by about 80% of the population, most of them being bilingual with Sranan Tongo ...

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    Suriname ( / ˈsʊərɪnæm, - nɑːm / ⓘ SOOR-ih-NAM, -⁠NAHM, Dutch: [syːriˈnaːmə] ⓘ ), officially the Republic of Suriname ( Dutch: Republiek Suriname [reːpyˌblik ˌsyːriˈnaːmə] ), is a country in northern South America, sometimes considered part of the Caribbean and the West Indies.

  4. Surinamese people in the Netherlands are people in the Netherlands who come from a Surinamese background. From 1667 to 1975, Suriname was a colony of the Netherlands. Migration began during the colonial era. Initially this was mainly the colonial elite but expanded during the 1920s and 1930s to the less fortunate inhabitants looking for better ...

  5. Dutch Surinamese (Dutch: Boeroes) are Surinamese people of Dutch descent. Dutch migrant settlers in search of a better life started arriving in Suriname in the 19th century with the boeroes, poor farmers arriving from the Dutch provinces of Gelderland, Utrecht, and Groningen.

  6. May 17, 2024 · Suriname. Formerly known as Dutch Guiana, Suriname was a plantation colony of the Netherlands that gained its independence on November 25, 1975. From 1980 to 1987 the country was governed by a succession of military regimes. A new civilian constitution was approved in 1987.

  7. Surinam ( Dutch: Suriname ), also unofficially known as Dutch Guiana, was a Dutch plantation colony in the Guianas, bordered by the equally Dutch colony of Berbice to the west, and the French colony of Cayenne to the east. It later bordered British Guiana from 1831 to 1966. History. The colonization of Suriname. Map of the Guianas from 1700.

  8. Dutch serves as the language of law, government, business, media and education. According to the results of the seventh general population and housing census, which was held in 2004, Dutch is the most spoken home language in the country, at around 60% of the population speaking it at home.

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