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The Caribbean Hindustani of Guyana is known as Guyanese Hindustani, Guyanese Bhojpuri, Puraniya Hindi, or Aili Gaili.It is spoken by some members in a community of 300,000 Indo-Guyanese, mostly by the older generation, Hindu priests, and imams. [7]
English is the official language of Guyana, which is the only South American country with English as the official language. [1] [2] The Umana Yana in Georgetown; the name means "Meeting place of the people" in Waiwai. Guyanese Creole (an English-based creole with African, Indian, and Amerindian syntax) is widely spoken in Guyana. [1]
Guyanese Creole (Creolese by its speakers or simply Guyanese) is an English-based creole language spoken by the Guyanese people. Linguistically, it is similar to other English dialects of the Caribbean region, based on 19th-century English and has loan words from West African, Indian - South Asian , Arawakan , and older Dutch languages .
The rotis that Indo-Guyanese typically eat are paratha, dhalpuri, sada roti, dosti roti, aloo roti, and puri. Murgatani (Mulligatawny) and rasam are popular soups in Guyana of South Indian origin. Dosa (dosay or chota) is a filled crepe that is eaten by Indo-Guyanese and is of South Indian origin as well. [18]
English is the main language, and Guyana is the only English-speaking country in South America, although many people in neighboring Suriname also speak English. British English is taught in school and used in Government and business. Guyanese creole, a pidgin of 17th-century English, African and Hindi words, is used at home and on the street.
Guyanese Creole is not an English dialect, it's a separate language with strong English lexical roots. The identification of the cognate English words, while interesting, is not only original research, which we frown upon , but don't actually constitute a "literal" translation.
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... (liturgical languages) English (Guyanese English Creole) ... 39.8% of the Guyana's population is of East Indian origin and 24. ...