Original sentence: ) Some say that they arrived from Western Africa with a Portuguese pidgin or their masters were Portuguese.It is not known why Saramaccan is Portuguese-based (if it is.It remains controversial among linguists whether Saramaccan is to be classified as an English-based creole or a Portuguese-based one.Its structure exhibits many similarities to other Portuguese Creoles, even to Portuguese-Indian ones.Like other runaway slaves' Creoles, it combines English, Dutch, Portuguese, and African words; however, it contains a much larger number of words of Portuguese origin than these.The issue is complicated by the fact that, in the 19th century, English started to have a strong influence on Saramaccan
Edited sentence: However in the 19th century, English started to have a strong influence on Saramaccan; in the meantime, the structure was maintained has a Portuguese-based Creole.It is not known why Saramaccan is Portuguese-based.Saramaccan was firstly classified has English-based, because the people who studied Surinames Creoles believed that they were all derived from the same language.Some say that they arrived from Western Africa with a Portuguese pidgin or their masters were Portuguese.The Creole contains large numbers of Portuguese origin words; its structure is very similar to other Portuguese Creoles, even to Portuguese-Indian ones.Unlike other Creoles of running slaves that are based on a blend of English, Dutch and Portuguese words, Saramacano had no English base or structure