South Tussenland Creole: Difference between revisions

'''South Tussenland Creole''' (''Tal Sudisenda''; [[Amerikaens]]: ''Suydt-Tussenlandts criölskriöl''), also known as '''Kriöl''' and commonly referred to by its speakers as '''Sakoro''' ([[South Tussenland Creole#Phonology|[sakɔrɔ]]]), is a [[Dutch language|Dutch]]-based creole language spoken natively by 60–80% of [[South Tussenland]]'s population. It emerged as a distinct language {{circa|1700}} among African slaves of the Lower Mississippi region. Approximately from 1850–1920, Creole became a language of literature, the [[Zoekerism|Zoekerist faith]], and politics in independent South Tussenland. The early 20th century saw many speakers decreolize their speech in favor of the prestigious ''[[Amerikaens#Phonology|Juys Mondordt]]''. Today, Sakoro functions as the lower register in a diglossic situation with [[Amerikaens]], mainly being used as a spoken vernacular, and the liturgical language of [[Zoekerism]], and a vehicle of African-American folk culture.