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Languages Spoken in Suriname

Official: Dutch

Suriname has a population of 647,000 and is home to a small number of language communities, with 3 languages meeting our inclusion threshold. Dutch serves as the official language. Of the languages spoken in Suriname, 2 are supported by LEXIGO's professional translation services.

647K
Population
3
Languages
2
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Languages spoken in Suriname

Dutch Official
Dutch alphabet, Dutch eight-dot Braille
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90%
CLDR
Sranan Tongo
Latin script
68%
CLDR
Chinese
Chinese characters, simplified Chinese characters
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1%
CLDR
CIA World Factbook

"Dutch (official), English (widely spoken), Sranang Tongo (Surinamese, sometimes called Taki-Taki, is the native language of Creoles and much of the younger population), Caribbean Hindustani (a dialect of Hindi), Javanese"

Data sources
Unicode CLDR (population percentages)
CIA World Factbook (official languages)
Wikidata (language families, scripts)
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