GUYANA PROJECT

GUYANA PROJECT

It borders to the north with the Atlantic Ocean, to the east with Surinam, to the west with Venezuela and to the south with Brazil.

Where is it?

LANGUAGES: ARAWAK OR LOKONO

"THE LAND OF MANY WATERS"

ARAWAK AND CARIB TRIBES

ORIGIN OF GUYANA

Languages in GUYANA

The history of the Guyanese Creole

The languages are be formed in guyana was be 11 but nowdays only 2 are stable: Guyanese English Creole and Wai Wai. The other are endangered or extintic.

• Slaves and the rudimentary pidging.
• Ducht- creole
• English Creole
• Guyanese Creole

GUYANESE CREOLE

Level of speech

Creole Continumm

Acrolect: Variation that is used for the upper class

Mesolect: Used for the middle Class

Basilect: is often heard being spoken by the laborer’s in the rural population .

Interesting facts

• repeat adjectives for emphasis (as if saying, very or extremely). For example, “Dis wata de col col” translates into “This water is very cold”. “Come now now” translates into “Come right now.”
• • Exists a confrontation or “tension” between Guyanese’s that speak AE and Guyanese’s that speak GC, because they can´t understand completely what they say.

• /ai/ [ai] klaim ‘climb’

• /ou/ [ou] kou ‘cow’

• /aa/ [a:] baal ‘ball’
• /oo/ [o:] goot ‘goat’
• /uu/ [u:] skuul ‘school’

• /o/ [o] kop ‘cup’
• /u/ [u] buk ‘book’
• /i/ [i] brik ‘stone’

Some examples of words we can show are:

The guyanese language have 5 simple vowels, 7 clomplex vowels and 2 dipthiongs.

Phonethic

• dem ah waan sting yuh waan bil / Literally: "they want to sting your one bill"/ Meaning: "they usually want to take money from you"
• ah go do it / Meaning: "I will do it.
• She innoe is who/ Meaning: "She doesn’t know who that is"
• Me innoe buh-dah/ Meaning: " I don’t know about that."

Akawaio and Wai-wai. Some folks mix their native language with another, like Haitian Creole mixed with English.

AKAWAIO

The Akawaio migrated to Guyana from the Orinoco River basin in Venezuela. The Akawaio settled in the Pakaraima Mountains and the Guiana Shield of Guyana.

The Wai Wai people live in Guyana and nearby places like Suriname, Venezuela, and Brazil. They speak Wai-Wai, a language that about 800 folks use.

WAI WAI

Have originated in the lower Amazon region, possibly from what is now Brazil. They are believed to have migrated to Guyana in the 17th or 18th century, possibly due to pressure from other Carib groups.

Conclusion