Guyanese Creole

Guyanese Creole is a creole or pidgin, spoken in Guyana. Wikidata counts about 700,000 speakers. Wikidata describes it as “English-based creole language spoken in Guyana”.

5 · DevelopingLatn700,000

Wikidata record Glottolog

At a glance

ISO 639-3: gyn
Glottocode: creo1235
Family: unclassified
EGIDS: 5 Developing
Wikipedia: 17 language editions

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—second-language speakers

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5EGIDS level

Facts

Name	Guyanese Creole
Also called	Guyanese Creole English, Creolese
All speakers	700,000
Written in	Latin script
Kind	creole or pidgin

Vitality

EGIDS 5 Developing5

Stable. Spoken by all generations at home, with or without schooling — EGIDS 5 and 6a.

Other languages at this level

where it is spoken

Countries

Guyana17 languages in the index

Also spoken in Guyana

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