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{{Infobox language
'''South Tussenland Creole''' (''
The early 20th century saw many speakers decreolize their speech in favor of the [[Taelkomisie]]-prescribed [[Amerikaens#Phonology|''Juys Mondordt'']]. Today, Sakoro functions as the lower register in a diglossic relationship with [[Amerikaens]], mainly being used as a spoken vernacular and the liturgical language of [[Zoekerism]]. Since 1918, it has been recognized as a minority language in [[Salvatia]], though only spoken by 3.2% of its population.
[[Netherlands|Dutch]], [[Mexico|Spanish]], [[Accany|Akan]], [[Kongo|Kikongo]], and indigenous American languages such as Hoema are Sakoro's primary influences in vocabulary, grammar, and syntax. This composition and history gives it a striking resemblance to other creoles of the Caribbean region such as Berbice Dutch, Papiamento, and Saint-Dominguese. ▼
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== Etymology ==
The word ''sakoro'' came to be used in reference to the language from the beginning of the 19th century. Three theories on the word's origin, none widely accepted, circulate among the general public and the scholarly class:
* ''Shakulo'', a native Tsjatah word meaning 'bald cypress', a tree indigenous to [[South Tussenland]].
* ''Sakōro'', the [[Accany|Akan]] word for foe-foe, a pounded dough staple foodstuff found in various forms throughout west and central Africa.
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== History and origins ==
== Phonology ==
==== Consonants ====
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
! colspan="2" |
!Labial
!Alveolar
!Coronal–palatal
!Velar
!Glottal
|-
! colspan="2" |Nasal
|m
|n
|
|
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|-
! rowspan="2" |Plosive
!{{abbr|vl.|Voiceless}}
|p
|t
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|k
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|-
!{{abbr|v.|Voiced}}
|b
|d
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|g
|
|-
! colspan="2" |Fricative
|f
|s
|ʃ
|
|h
|-
! colspan="2" |Affricate
|
|
|t͡ʃ
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! colspan="2" |Liquid
|w
|l
|j
|
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|-
! colspan="2" |Rhotic
|
| colspan="3" |r
|
|}
==== Vowels ====
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
!
!Front
!Central
!Back
|-
!Close
| colspan="2" |i
|u
|-
!Close-mid
| colspan="2" |e
| rowspan="2" |o
|-
!Open-mid
| colspan="2" |ɛ
|-
!Open
| colspan="3" |ɑ
|}
== Orthography ==
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