Sranan (also Sranan Tongo "Surinamean tongue", Surinaams, Surinamese, Suriname Creole, Taki Taki) is a creole language spoken as a lingua franca by approximately 400,000 people in Suriname.http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=srn It is the mother tongue of the Creole peopless. Sranan was previously called nengre or negerengels (Dutch language, "negroenglish"). Since this language is shared between the Dutch language-, Javanese language-, Hindustani language-, and Chinese language-speaking communities, most Surinamese speak it as a lingua franca.