OLAC resources in and about the Saramaccan language

ISO 639-3: srm

The combined catalog of all OLAC participants contains the following resources that are relevant to this language:

• Primary texts
• Lexical resources
• Language descriptions
• Other resources about the language

Other known names and dialect names: Matawai, Matawari, Matoewari, Matuari

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Primary texts

1. ONLINEAki Gaangabu Bibi Mbei Soni. The Long Now Foundation. 1997. International Bible Society. oai:rosettaproject.org:rosettaproject_srm_gen-1
2. ONLINEEarly Suriname Creole texts: A collection of 18th Century Sranan and Saramaccan documents.. Arenob, Jacques; Perl, Matthias. 1995. Frankfurt, Germany/Madrid, Spain: Biblioteca Ibero-Americana. oai:rosettaproject.org:rosettaproject_srm_vertxt-1
3. ONLINESaramaccan text - Totomboti (Woodpecker). Amoida, Tiini. 2013. SIL Language and Culture Archives. oai:sil.org:55157

Lexical resources

1. ONLINECrúbadán language data for Saramaccan. Kevin Scannell. 2018. The Crúbadán Project. oai:crubadan.org:srm
2. ONLINESaramaccan Swadesh List. n.a. n.d. The Rosetta Project: A Long Now Foundation Library of Human Language. oai:rosettaproject.org:rosettaproject_srm_swadesh-1
3. ONLINELanguages of the West Indies. Taylor, Douglas. 1977. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. oai:rosettaproject.org:rosettaproject_srm_vocab-1

Language descriptions

1. ONLINEAPiCS Online Resources for Saramaccan. n.a. 2020. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. oai:apics-online.info:3
2. Saramaccan for beginners : (a pedagogical grammar of the Saramaccan language). Rountree, S. Catherine. 1982. Languages of the Guianas ; v. 5. oai:gial.edu:7838
3. ONLINEGlottolog 4.3 Resources for Saramaccan. n.a. 2020. Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History. oai:glottolog.org:sara1340
4. ONLINESaramaccan Grammar Sketch. Rountree, S. Catherine. 1992. Summer Institute of Linguistics. oai:rosettaproject.org:rosettaproject_srm_morsyn-1
5. ONLINELanguages of the Guianas. Grimes, Joseph E. 1972. Norman: Summer Institute of Linguistics of the University of Oklahoma. oai:rosettaproject.org:rosettaproject_srm_ortho-1
6. ONLINELanguages of the Guianas. Grimes, Joseph E. 1972. Norman: Summer Institute of Linguistics of the University of Oklahoma. oai:rosettaproject.org:rosettaproject_srm_phon-1
7. ONLINESaramaccan Grammar Sketch. Rountree, S. Catherine. 1992. Summer Institute of Linguistics. oai:rosettaproject.org:rosettaproject_srm_phon-2
8. ONLINEWALS Online Resources for Saramaccan. n.a. 2020. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. oai:wals.info:srm
9. ONLINEWOLD Resources for Saramaccan. n.a. 2013. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. oai:wold.clld.org:36

Other resources about the language

1. ONLINEMorphophonemic change in Saramaccan pronominal forms. Kouwenberg, Silvia. 1987. Studies in Saramaccan Language Structure. oai:refdb.wals.info:3623
2. ONLINEGrammatical relations in a radical creole. Byrne, Francis. 1987. John Benjamins. oai:refdb.wals.info:3788
3. ONLINESome Instruments Are Really Good Companions - Some Are Not. On Syncretism and the Typology of Instrumentals and Comitatives. Stolz, Thomas. 1996. WALS Online RefDB. oai:refdb.wals.info:3933
4. ONLINESaramaccan: a language of Suriname. n.a. 2018. SIL International. oai:ethnologue.com:srm
5. ONLINEYou should dance on one foot: the Saramaccans and wisdom literature. Rountree, S. Catherine. 1994. SIL Language and Culture Archives. oai:sil.org:776
6. ONLINELanguages of the West Indies. Taylor, Douglas. 1977. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. oai:rosettaproject.org:rosettaproject_srm_detail-1
7. ONLINEDie Sprache der Saramakkaneger in Surinam. Schuchardt, H. 1914. Johannes Müller. oai:rosettaproject.org:rosettaproject_srm_multiple-1
8. ONLINELINGUIST List Resources for Saramaccan. Damir Cavar, eLinguistics Foundation Board Member (editor); Malgorzata E. Cavar, Director of Linguist List (editor). 2021-03-06. The LINGUIST List (www.linguistlist.org). oai:linguistlist.org:lang_srm

Other known names and dialect names: Matawai, Matawari, Matoewari, Matuari

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