Languages of Guyana, the Glossary
English is the official language of Guyana, which is the only South American country with English as the official language.[1]
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32 relations: Arawak language, Arawakan languages, Atorada language, Carib language, Cariban languages, Caribbean English, Caribbean Hindustani, Creole language, Dutch language, English language, French language, Georgetown, Guyana, Guyana, Guyanese Creole, Guyanese Sign Language, Indigenous languages of the Americas, Indo-Guyanese, Kapóng language, Languages of Africa, Macushi language, Mawayana language, Pemon language, Portuguese language, QWERTY, South America, South Rupununi Sign Language, Spanish language, Surinamese Dutch, Syntax, Waiwai language, Wapishana language, Warao language.
Arawak language
Arawak (Arowak, Aruák), also known as Lokono (Lokono Dian, literally "people's talk" by its speakers), is an Arawakan language spoken by the Lokono (Arawak) people of South America in eastern Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana.
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Arawakan languages
Arawakan (Arahuacan, Maipuran Arawakan, "mainstream" Arawakan, Arawakan proper), also known as Maipurean (also Maipuran, Maipureano, Maipúre), is a language family that developed among ancient indigenous peoples in South America.
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Atorada language
Atorada or Atoraí is a moribund Arawakan language of Brazil and Guyana.
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Carib language
Carib or Kari'nja is a Cariban language spoken by the Kalina people (Caribs) of South America.
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Cariban languages
The Cariban languages are a family of languages indigenous to north-eastern South America.
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Caribbean English
Caribbean English (CE, CarE) is a set of dialects of the English language which are spoken in the Caribbean and most countries on the Caribbean coasts of Central America and South America.
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Caribbean Hindustani
Caribbean Hindustani (कैरेबियाई हिंदुस्तानी; Kaithi: 𑂍𑂶𑂩𑂵𑂥𑂱𑂨𑂰𑂆⸱𑂯𑂱𑂁𑂠𑂳𑂮𑂹𑂞𑂰𑂢𑂲; Perso-Arabic) is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by Indo-Caribbeans and the Indo-Caribbean diaspora.
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Creole language
A creole language, or simply creole, is a stable natural language that develops from the process of different languages simplifying and mixing into a new form (often a pidgin), and then that form expanding and elaborating into a full-fledged language with native speakers, all within a fairly brief period.
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Dutch language
Dutch (Nederlands.) is a West Germanic language, spoken by about 25 million people as a first language and 5 million as a second language and is the third most spoken Germanic language.
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English language
English is a West Germanic language in the Indo-European language family, whose speakers, called Anglophones, originated in early medieval England on the island of Great Britain.
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French language
French (français,, or langue française,, or by some speakers) is a Romance language of the Indo-European family.
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Georgetown, Guyana
Georgetown is the capital and largest city of Guyana.
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Guyana
Guyana, officially the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, is a country on the northern coast of South America, part of the historic mainland British West Indies. Guyana is an indigenous word which means "Land of Many Waters". Georgetown is the capital of Guyana and is also the country's largest city.
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Guyanese Creole
Guyanese Creole (Creolese by its speakers or simply Guyanese) is an English-based creole language spoken by the Guyanese people.
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Guyanese Sign Language
Guyanese Sign Language is the deaf sign language of Guyana.
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Indigenous languages of the Americas
The Indigenous languages of the Americas are a diverse group of languages that originated in the Americas prior to colonization, many of which continue to be spoken.
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Indo-Guyanese
Indo-Guyanese or Indian-Guyanese, are Guyanese nationals of Indian origin who trace their ancestry to India and the wider subcontinent.
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Kapóng language
Kapóng is a Cariban language spoken mainly in Guyana, most commonly in the region of the Upper Mazaruni.
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Languages of Africa
The number of languages natively spoken in Africa is variously estimated (depending on the delineation of language vs. dialect) at between 1,250 and 2,100, and by some counts at over 3,000.
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Macushi language
Macushi is an indigenous language of the Carib family spoken in Brazil, Guyana and Venezuela.
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Mawayana language
Mawayana (Mahuayana), also known as Mapidian (Maopidyán), is a moribund Arawakan language of northern South America.
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Pemon language
The Pemon language (or Pemón in Spanish), is an indigenous language of the Cariban family spoken by some 30,000 Pemon people, in Venezuela's Southeast, particularly in the Canaima National Park, in the Roraima State of Brazil and in Guyana.
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Portuguese language
Portuguese (português or, in full, língua portuguesa) is a Western Romance language of the Indo-European language family originating from the Iberian Peninsula of Europe.
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QWERTY
QWERTY is a keyboard layout for Latin-script alphabets.
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South America
South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a considerably smaller portion in the Northern Hemisphere.
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South Rupununi Sign Language
South Rupununi Sign Language is an indigenous village sign language used in at least seven Wapishana villages with a high degree of congenital deafness.
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Spanish language
Spanish (español) or Castilian (castellano) is a Romance language of the Indo-European language family that evolved from the Vulgar Latin spoken on the Iberian Peninsula of Europe.
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Surinamese Dutch
Surinamese Dutch (Surinaams-Nederlands), also known as Surinaams is the form of Dutch spoken in Suriname and is the official language in Suriname, a former colony of the Netherlands.
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Syntax
In linguistics, syntax is the study of how words and morphemes combine to form larger units such as phrases and sentences.
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Waiwai language
Waiwai (Uaiuai, Uaieue, Ouayeone) is a Cariban language of northern Brazil, with a couple hundred speakers across the border in southern Guyana and Suriname.
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Wapishana language
Wapishana (Wapixana) is an Arawakan language of Guyana and Brazil.
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Warao language
Warao (also known as Guarauno, Guarao, Warrau) is the native language of the Warao people.
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