Guianan Creole

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Guianan Creole is a French-based creole language spoken primarily in French Guiana, shaped by African, Amerindian, and European influences.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf French-based creole
creole language
spoken language
alternativeName Guianan Creole
surface form: French Guianese Creole

Guianan Creole
surface form: Guianese Creole

Guianan Creole
surface form: Kréyòl gwiyannen
developedFrom Colonial French
governingCountry France
hasFeature TMA particle system
analytic grammar
little inflectional morphology
reduplication
serial verb constructions
hasPhonologySimilarTo other French-based Caribbean creoles
hasSubstrate African languages
Amerindian languages
hasTypology SVO word order
historicalPeriod emerged during the Atlantic slave trade
influencedBy Amerindian languages
Central Sudanic languages
surface form: Central African languages

European languages
French
surface form: French language

West African languages
ISOStatus has no widely used separate ISO 639-3 code (often grouped with Antillean Creole)
languageFamily French-based creole languages
lexifierLanguage French
primaryCountry French Guiana
region Caribbean linguistic area
South America
relatedTo Antillean Creole
Antillean Creole
surface form: Guadeloupean Creole

Antillean Creole
surface form: Martinican Creole

Antillean Creole
surface form: Saint Lucian Creole French
spokenIn Cayenne
coastal areas of French Guiana
status widely used vernacular in French Guiana
usedBy Afro-descendant communities in French Guiana
mixed-heritage communities in French Guiana
usedIn local media
music
oral communication
storytelling
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

French Caribbean language Guianan Creole
Carib languages hasSubstrateInfluenceOn Guianan Creole
this entity surface form: French Guianese creoles
Cayenne languageSpoken Guianan Creole
this entity surface form: French Guianese Creole
Guianan Creole alternativeName Guianan Creole
this entity surface form: Guianese Creole
Guianan Creole alternativeName Guianan Creole
this entity surface form: French Guianese Creole
Guianan Creole alternativeName Guianan Creole
this entity surface form: Kréyòl gwiyannen
French Creole includesLanguage Guianan Creole
this entity surface form: Karipúna French Creole
French Creole includesLanguage Guianan Creole