What language do us PVians speak?

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@MereMahiyaa.

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Posted: 13 years ago

#41

i speak with you guys English

But my real languages are Dutch and Tamazirght

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Priyasi

@Priyasi

Rocker

Posted: 13 years ago

#42

I thought we need to tell what language we speak here on forum, so I clicked on Hindi and English,

BUT I SUPPOSE TO CLICK ON OTHERS.

Marathi is my mother tongue.

Edited by Priyasi - 13 years ago

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Suchithra

@im_suchithra

Voyager

Posted: 13 years ago

#43

Sure!!! Me too hearing for d first time!!!

Originally posted by: july12_1995

Wow, I must say that is a lot of languages! And the oddest combination I've ever heard of! 👏

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Kittya Cullen

@Kittya_Cullen

Dazzler

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Posted: 13 years ago

#44

LOL!!! It's alot less fancy than it sounds😆😆. We're actually the only native English speaking country on our continent, but depending on which part of the country you go you'll find different languages. English is the main language, but the indigenous people speak their language (Amerindians are kindof like the American Red Indians), those who live on the border closest to Brazil speak Portuguese, English and sometimes one of the indigenous tongues. Those who live close to Surinam speak Dutch. Also those who go to nearby French Guiana speak French. the majority of us learn French and Spanish in school.😳

Mini History Lesson:

The name Guiana means "land of many waters". It's a word from one of the native tribes in Guyana. The word Guiana was changed to spell Guyana after we received our independence.

Guyana, once called British Guiana was a colonial nation. Over a span of a few centuries the Spanish, and French, had some form of control, but we weren't really colonial nations to them. Then the Dutch took control of us followed by the British wresting the colonies (Essequibo, Berbice, Demerara) from them and combining them into one colony (British Guiana). England was the last to take control. They all came looking for gold and more property, and in the process discovered that Guyana had extremely rich soil. So they added us to their long list of Caribbean sugar suppliers. To work the plantations they tried to use the native Amerindians, but they ran back to their villages in the jungles/bush. Unable to control them, the colonial governments bagan to import Africans as slaves. The slaves worked for generations until the abolition of the slave trade. Once the slaves became free, they refused to work on the plantations, so the colonial government had to import a new work force. They brought indentured Indians from Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and other Indian states (thus the Telugu and Tamil, as well as Hindi). To supplement the Indian workforce they brought the Chinese then Portuguese.

And that's basically how we came to have so many cultures:

Europeans- Spanish, French, Dutch, English

Amerindians/Aboriginals

Africans

Indians

Chinese

Portuguese

and mixed ethnicities from the intermarriages.😳