Berbice Creole Dutch
A language of Guyana
| Population | 4 (1993 S. Kouwenberg). 15 with limited competence (Holm 1989). |
| Region | Berbice River area. |
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Guyana |
| Dialects | Claim it is not inherently intelligible with Skepi Creole Dutch [skw] or the Rupununi dialect of Guyanese Creole English [gyn]. About 1/3 of the basic lexicon and most of the productive morphology is from Izon [ijc] in Nigeria; most of the rest of the lexicon is from Dutch [nld], 10% loans from Arawak [arw] and Guyanese Creole English. |
| Classification | Creole, Dutch based |
| Language use | Also use Guyanese Creole English, which has influenced Berbice considerably. |
| Language development | Grammar. |
| Comments | SVO. Nearly extinct. |
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