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WIKITONGUES- Sandra speaking English and Guyanese Creole. Guyana's culture reflects its European history as it was colonized by both the Dutch and French before becoming a British colony. Guyana (known as British Guiana under British colonial rule), gained its independence from the United Kingdom in 1966 and subsequently became a republic in 1970.
This is a list of notable Guyanese. This list includes people born in Guyana , notably of Guyanese descent, or otherwise strongly associated to Guyana. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
Guyanese may refer to: Something of, from, or related to the country of Guyana; A person from Guyana, or of Guyanese descent. For information about the Guyanese ...
Guyana Farewell: A Recollection of Childhood in a Faraway Place. New York: N. Bacchus. ISBN 978-0-962-41921-8. LCCN 96102460. Colchester, Marcus (1997). Guyana: Fragile Frontier. London: Latin American Bureau. ISBN 978-0-85345-971-2. Young, Matthew French (1998). Guyana, The Lost El Dorado: a Report on My Work and Life Experiences in Guyana ...
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.
After the independence of Guyana from the United Kingdom, in 1966, Guyanese immigration to the United States increased dramatically.Political and economic uncertainty, and the internal strife two years earlier as well as a radical change in US immigration policy opening up opportunities to non-Europeans prompted many Guyanese who could make the move to seek opportunities abroad.
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.
Guyana's economy has been undergoing a transformation since the discovery of crude oil in 2015 and commercial drilling in 2019, with its economy growing by 49% in 2020, making it, by some accounts, currently the world's fastest-growing economy. As it is said to have 11 billion barrels in oil reserves, the country is set to become one of the ...