Datapoint Early Sranan/Complementizer with verbs of speaking

The fact that taki is the primary verb of speaking as well as the 'say'-complementizer may to some extent account for the scarcity of instances representing Value 1.

Values

No complementizer Frequency: 81.8%

Example 1-47:
A takki, hem no komm.
A
3sg.sbj
taki,
say
en
3sg
no
neg
kon.
come
He says that he (himself) will not come.
Latin: Dicit, se non venturum. German: Er sagt (von sich selbst ), dass er nicht kommt. [op.cit.]

Source: Schumann 1783: 65

Confidence:
Very certain

Complementizer identical to bare ‘say’ Frequency: 9.1%

Example 1-234:
Onnoe sa moessoe swerrie toe takie dem pikin dissie onnoe pottie na wie han, dem na reijtie piekien foe heddeman.
Unu
2pl
sa
fut
musu
must
sweri
swear
tu
also
taki
that
den
det.pl
piki
child
disi
rel
unu
2pl
poti
put
na
loc
wi
1pl
anu,
hand
den
3pl
da
be
reti
right
pikin
child
fu
of
hedeman.
captain
You should also swear that the children you will hand over to us are really the children of captains.

Source: SPT 1762: art.13

Confidence:
Certain

Complementizer not synchronically related to ‘say’ Frequency: 9.1%

Example 1-235:
Joe ben takie gie em datie mie dee na hoso.
Yu
2sg
ben
pst
taki
say
gi
to
en
3sg
dati
that
me
1sg
de
cop
na
loc
oso.
house
Did you tell him that I'm at home?
Dutch: Hebt gy hem gezegd dat ik t'huis was. [op.cit.]

Source: Weygandt 1798: 91

Confidence:
Very certain