Guyanese Creole

E378273

English-based creole language creole language spoken language

Guyanese Creole is an English-based creole language spoken in Guyana, shaped by African, Indian, Indigenous, and European linguistic influences.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Guyanese Creole canonical	4
Guyana Creole English	1
Guyanese Creole English	1

Statements (62)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	English-based creole language ⓘ creole language ⓘ spoken language ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo	Caribbean English creoles ⓘ Suriname creoles ⓘ surface form: Surinamese Creole English Trinidadian Creole English ⓘ
developedDuring	colonial period in Guyana ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Creolese ⓘ Afro-Guyanese ⓘ surface form: Guyanese Guyanese Creolese ⓘ
hasApproximateSpeakers	700000 ⓘ
hasEthnicGroup	Afro-Guyanese ⓘ Guyanese people ⓘ Indigenous peoples of the Guianas ⓘ surface form: Indigenous peoples of Guyana Indo-Caribbean people ⓘ surface form: Indo-Guyanese Mixed-heritage Guyanese ⓘ
hasGlottologCode	guyu1248 ⓘ
hasGlottologName	Guyanese Creole self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Guyanese Creole English
hasGrammaticalFeature	copula deletion in some contexts ⓘ reduced inflectional morphology ⓘ tense-aspect-mood particles ⓘ
hasInfluenceFrom	African languages ⓘ Dutch ⓘ European languages ⓘ Indian languages ⓘ Indigenous languages of Guyana ⓘ Portuguese language ⓘ surface form: Portuguese
hasISO639-3Code	gyn ⓘ
hasLanguageAncestor	Dutch ⓘ English ⓘ Guyanese Bhojpuri ⓘ Indigenous Guyanese languages ⓘ Portuguese language ⓘ surface form: Portuguese West African languages ⓘ
hasLanguageFamily	English creole ⓘ Indo-European language family ⓘ surface form: Indo-European languages
hasLanguageSubfamily	Atlantic English creole ⓘ Western Atlantic English creole ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature	non-rhoticity in many varieties ⓘ simplified consonant clusters ⓘ
hasPrimaryCountry	British Guiana ⓘ surface form: Guyana
hasRegion	Berbice ⓘ Caribbean coast of Guyana ⓘ surface form: Coastal Guyana Demerara ⓘ Essequibo ⓘ Georgetown ⓘ
hasRegister	acrolect ⓘ basilect ⓘ mesolect ⓘ
hasWritingSystem	Latin alphabet ⓘ surface form: Latin script
isBasedOn	English lexicon ⓘ
spokenIn	Canada ⓘ Caribbean diaspora communities ⓘ Caribbean ⓘ surface form: Caribbean region British Guiana ⓘ surface form: Guyana Guyanese diaspora communities ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
usedAs	lingua franca in Guyana ⓘ
usedIn	informal communication ⓘ oral tradition ⓘ popular culture ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

Trinidadian Creole English → closelyRelatedTo → Guyanese Creole ⓘ

Atlantic English Creole → hasExampleLanguage → Guyanese Creole ⓘ

Southern Lesser Antillean English creoles group → hasPart → Guyanese Creole ⓘ

this entity surface form: Guyana Creole English

Guyanese Creole → hasGlottologName → Guyanese Creole self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Guyanese Creole English

Bajan → isRelatedTo → Guyanese Creole ⓘ

Caribbean English creole continuum → isRelatedTo → Guyanese Creole ⓘ