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Ndyuka Tiriyó Pidgin

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Native to
  
Surinam

Language family
  
Ndyuka–Tiriyó pidgin

Region
  
upper Tapanahoni River

ISO 639-3
  
njt

Era
  
until the 1960s. Used rarely now; never a first language.

Glottolog
  
ndyu1241  (Ndyuka-Trio) joek1234  (Ndyuka-Wayana)

Ndyuka-Tiriyó Pidgin (Ndyuka-Trio) was a trade language used until the 1960s between speakers of Ndyuka, an English-based creole, and Tiriyo and Wayana, both Cariban languages.

References

Ndyuka-Tiriyó Pidgin Wikipedia