Saramaccan language resources

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Language: Saramaccan

Population of Groups Speaking

36,000

People Groups Speaking as Primary Language

Scripture Status

New Testament

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Map Notes

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People Group ▲	Country	Population	Progress Scale
Saramaccan	French Guiana	3,200	3 ●
Saramaccan	Suriname	31,000	1 ●
Saramaccan, Matawari	Suriname	1,400	2 ●
Totals: 3			1 ●

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Photo	People Group ▲	Country	Population	Progress Scale
	No reported people groups speaking this as secondary language
	Totals: 0			0 ●

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Item	Value
Status	Living
Ethnologue Code	srm
Written	Yes
Bible Translation	New Testament
Progress Scale	●

Language Alternate Names
Matawai
Matawari (Matawai)
Matoewari
Matuari
Saamáka
Saramaccaans

Dialects
Matawari
Saramacca

Dialect Alternate Names
Bush Negro
Matawai
Matoewari
Matuari

Bible Translation	Year / Status
Bible Portions	1974-2000
New Testament	1991-2009
Complete Bible	None Reported

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Format ▲	Resource (Direct link)	Source (General link)
Audio Recordings	Audio Bible teaching	Global Recordings Network
Audio Recordings	Online New Testament	Faith Comes by Hearing
Film / Video	Jesus Film: view in Saramaccan	Jesus Film Project
Film / Video	LUMO film of Gospels	Bible Media Group/LUMO
General	Gospel resources links	Scripture Earth
Mobile App	Bible app direct APK download	SIL
Mobile App	Download audio Bible app as APK file	Faith Comes by Hearing
Text / Printed Matter	Bible: Saramaccan	YouVersion Bibles
Text / Printed Matter	Download scripture in this language	eBible.org
Text / Printed Matter	Jesus Messiah comic book	General / Other

The Joshua Project Progress Scale is an estimate of the progress of church planting among a people group, people cluster, country or language. The Progress Scale is derived from people group values for percent Evangelical and percent Christian Adherent.

Level	Description	Criteria
1	Unreached - Few evangelicals and few who identify as Christians. Little, if any, history of Christianity.	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians <= 5%
2	Minimally reached - Few evangelicals, but significant number who identify as Christians.	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians > 5% and <= 50%
3	Superficially reached - Few evangelicals, but many who identify as Christians. In great need of spiritual renewal and commitment to biblical faith.	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians > 50%
4	Partially reached - Evangelicals have a modest presence.	Evangelicals > 2% and <= 10%
5	Significantly reached - Evangelicals have a significant presence.	Evangelicals > 10%

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Joshua Project data is drawn from many sources and of varying accuracy depending on source and editorial decisions. Populations are scaled to the current year. Other data may have varying ages. We welcome updates.
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A displayed zero can mean true zero, a very small rounded number or sometimes unknown. Blanks mean an unknown value.
The data is sometimes not as precise as it appears. Values for %Christian Adherent and %Evangelical (which determine unreached status) are often informed estimates, some more accurate than others. We recommend against using %Christian Adherent and %Evangelical to calculate absolute numbers.
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