The English Language in British Guiana: Richard Allsopp
The English Language in British Guiana: Richard Allsopp
The English Language in British Guiana: Richard Allsopp
bodies through schools and Temples, and now by the Indian Council
for Cultural Relationships, to retain or regain the knowledge of
Hindi among East Indians1. These organizations have a hard time
achieving their immediate purpose, which is to prevent the complete
disappearance of Hindi among East Indians, and they are far from
affecting the English language picture in British Guiana. The real
influence of Hindi referred to above lies further back in time and
further down the social scale, in circumstances where large numbers
of the earlier generations of Hindu labourers mixed with African
and perhaps also Portuguese labourers on sugar estates and in
country areas generally. This influence is on the whole not much
recognized, and is difficult to estimate in the present language
picture.
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All these contribute to Creolese and, on the whole, all use it,
except for the Europeans and Amerindians.
CHARACTERISTICS OF CREOLESE
A Wrong Diagnosis