Etymograph

English

Jew-Tongo

Jew-Tongo comes from Sranan Tongo tongo.

  1. Sranan Tongomoderntongo
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1876Jew-Tongo

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Sranan Tongomoderntongo
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1876Jew-Tongo

Earliest quotation: 1876, The Jewish Chronicle:: “this Jargon is spoken in Surinam in Dutch Guiana,…”

Today it means

name Synonym of Saramaccan.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Sranan Tongo tongo / Jew-Tongo