A report on Guyanese Creole
English-based creole language spoken by people in Guyana.
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Guyana
1 linksCountry on the northern mainland of South America.
Country on the northern mainland of South America.
However, the majority of the population speak Guyanese Creole, an English-based creole language, as a first language.
English-based creole languages
1 linksCreole language for which English was the lexifier, meaning that at the time of its formation the vocabulary of English served as the basis for the majority of the creole's lexicon.
Creole language for which English was the lexifier, meaning that at the time of its formation the vocabulary of English served as the basis for the majority of the creole's lexicon.
Guyanese Creole
Post-creole continuum
0 linksDialect continuum of varieties of a creole language between those most and least similar to the superstrate language (that is, a closely related language whose speakers assert or asserted dominance of some sort).
Dialect continuum of varieties of a creole language between those most and least similar to the superstrate language (that is, a closely related language whose speakers assert or asserted dominance of some sort).
The following table (from ) shows the 18 different ways of rendering the phrase I gave him one in Guyanese English: