Yankunan Neger

Negerhollands ('Negro-Dutch') yare ne na yaren Creole na Dutch wanda ake magana a cikin Danish West Indies, wanda yanzu aka sani da tsibirin Virgin Islands na Amurka . Yaren mutanen Holland shine harshensa mai mahimmanci tare da Danish, Turanci, Faransanci, Mutanen Espanya, da abubuwan Afirka da aka haɗa. Duk da sunansa, Negerhollands ya samo asali ne daga Zeeland da Flemish, maimakon Hollandic, yarukan Dutch.

 Tarihi 
Negerhollands ya fito ne a kusa da 1700 a tsibirin Virgin Islands Saint Thomas da Saint John, sannan yankunan Danish. Dangane da ɗaya daga cikin ra'ayoyin da suka fi dacewa game da asalinsa, bayi sun ɗauki yaren creole na asali zuwa tsibirin Saint Thomas lokacin da suka bi masu shuka na Dutch waɗanda suka tsere daga tsibirin Sint Eustatius bayan Ingilishi ya mamaye shi a cikin shekara ta 1666. Ƙididdigar da aka yi a kan Saint Thomas daga shekara ta 1688 ya nuna cewa daga cikin gidaje 317 na Turai a kan Saint Tomas, 66 (21%) Dutch ne, 32 (10%) Turanci ne, kuma 20 (6%) Danish ne. Wannan kuma yana taimakawa wajen bayyana tasirin Ingilishi da Danish a kan ci gaban Negerhollands. A kan Saint John ana iya yin irin wannan lura, tare da ƙididdigar 1721 da ke nuna cewa 25 (64%) daga cikin masu shuka 39 da ke wurin sun kasance Dutch, kuma kawai tara (23%) sun kasance Danes. Wata ka'ida ita ce bayi ne suka kai yaren zuwa Caribbean daga sansanonin bayi na Dutch a Yammacin Afirka da Afirka ta Tsakiya (misali Dutch Gold Coast ko Dutch Loango-Angola). 

Daga 1732 zuwa gaba, masu wa'azi a ƙasashen waje na Moravian sun fara ziyartar tsibirin Virgin, waɗanda suka gabatar da wani nau'in yaren, wanda ake kira Hoch Kreol . Daga 1765 zuwa 1834, an samar da matani da yawa a cikin wannan harshe, wanda ya ba Negerhollands kusan adadin matani tsakanin yarukan creole. A cikin shekara ta 1770, masu wa'azi na Moravian sun buga littafi mai mahimmanci da ƙaramin koyarwar Lutheran, wanda ya biyo baya a cikin shekara ta 1781 ta hanyar fassarar Sabon Alkawari zuwa Hoch Kreol .
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