Why do people speak french in Guyana?

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need right now for my french class tomorrow ASAP

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Mapidian, Mauayana, Patamona, Pemon, Skepi Creole Dutch, Waiwai, Wapishana and Warao.

English is the official language of Guyana. French and Spanish are widely taught as foreign languages in secondary schools.

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People in Guyana speak several different languages, mostly English or an English-related creole; but I don't think French is spoken by a significant number. Are you sure you aren't thinking of French Guiana, which is a part of France, and is near (but not right next to) Guyana?

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People speak French in Guyana because the French tried to make a colony there, a

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People in Guyana speak several different languages, mostly English or an English-related creole; but I don't think French is spoken by a significant number. Are you sure you aren't thinking of French Guiana, which is a part of France, and is near (but not right next to) Guyana?

Answer 3

Aside from English and Guyanese Creole, people of Guyana also speak of the following languages: Portuguese, Saint Lucian Creole French, Urdu, Chinese, Akawaio, Arawak, Atorada, Berbice Creole Dutch, Caribbean, Hindustani, Macushi, Mapidian, Mauayana, Patamona, Pemon, Skepi Creole Dutch, Waiwai, Wapishana and Warao.

English is the official language of Guyana. French and Spanish are widely taught as foreign languages in secondary schools.

Answer 4

People speak French in Guyana because the French tried to make a colony there, and eventually, when the French settled there, it became a French speaking country. It's also a region of France, making its national language French.

Answer 5

Because it is the official language of French Guiana. The Spanish were the first Europeans to reach the Guianas and Venezuela still has a province called Guyana, but once the legend of El Dorado reached Europe other countries tried to muscle in. The French arrived in the 1610s and took over a large chunk, as far south as the now Brazilian city of São Luis do Maranhão, named after their national cruzader hero, King Louis IX, but by 1809 they had been completely driven out. However Brazil tried to develop friendly relations with France after Waterloo as to counter growing UK influence and interference. The bit they gave back is the French colony of Guiane aka Cayenne, used as an important penal settlement, and this is part of the EU, much used for rocket launching (It is so near the equator): it still speaks French. The Dutch also colonized much of Guiana, which they called Surinam(e). They decolonized it in the late 20th century and it fell into the hands of a dictator who expelled all his political opponents (mostly whites, but including some blacks), resulting in many Guianese fleeing back to Holland, where they make up a significant part of that country's immigrant population, but the languages of Surinam are Dutch and native American dialects. Dutch Guiana was conquered by Britain during the Napolonic Wars and when these were over, Britain only gave back half the territory (even though the Dutch had been the UK's chief ally at the Battle of Waterloo. The part they kept became the crown colony of British Guiana, populated with the descendants of African slaves and the "indentured labourers" from British India brought over to replace them when slavery was abolished in the 1830s. The colony became the Republic of Guyana in the mid-1960s: the spelling was changed to try to get foreigners to pronounce it correctly with an "eye" sound instead of an "ee" one. Its inhabitants speak English or Hindi. There are also many Brazilian undocumented immigrants in Cayenne and Surinam (come for cheap land or as illegal gold prospectors) who speak Portuguese.

Answer 6

Actually, there are three countries with similar names that are adjacent to one another in South America:



Guyana is the former British Guiana, and mostly they speak English.



Suriname is the former Dutch Guiana, and mostly they speak Dutch.



French Guiana continues to be a French colony, and mostly they speak French. To confuse matters, in French it is Guyane. That is probably what your French teacher was interested in.



From the wikipedia: French Guiana (pronounced /ɡiːˈɑːnə/ or /ɡiːˈænə/, French: Guyane française; French pronunciation: ​[ɡɥijan fʁɑ̃sɛz]), officially called Guiana (French: Guyane), is an overseas department and region of France, located on the north Atlantic coast of South America in the Guyanas. It borders Brazil to the east and south, and Suriname to the west. Its 83,534 km2 (32,253 sq mi) area has a very low population density of only 3 inhabitants per km2, with half of its 250,109 inhabitants in 2013 living in the metropolitan area of Cayenne, its capital. By land area, it is the second largest region of France and the largest outermost region within the European Union.



The area was originally inhabited by Native Americans. It was colonised by Frenchmen and other Europeans, who introduced African slaves and later Asian labourers and Hmong refugees from Laos.[3]



The official language is French, while each ethnic community has its own language, of which French Guianese Creole is the most widely spoken.

Answer 7

think you'd best check your assignment. Guyana refers to the one time British colony and its principal language is English. French is spoken in French Guiana, which is a French overseas region [it is not a department of France proper nor a colony].

Answer 8

well, why not just google 'guyana'????

Answer 9

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Answer 10

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Answer 11

well, why not just google 'guyana'????

Answer 12

For the same reason that people speak English in the USA, or Portuguese in Brazil or Spanish in Mexico - colonisation.

Answer 13

The area was originally inhabited by Native Americans. It was colonised by Frenchmen and other Europeans, who introduced African slaves and later Asian labourers and Hmong refugees from Laos.[3]