Capital and largest city (2022 est.):Georgetown, 240,000 Monetary unit:Guyanese dollar (GYD) Current government officials Languages:English (official), Amerindian dialects, Creole, Caribbean Hindustani (a dialect of Hindi), Urdu Ethnicity/race:East Indian 40%, black (African) 29.5%, 10.5% Indig...
No African languages survived slavery, nor have those of the indentured laborers (Indians, Madeiran Portuguese, and Chinese). Guyanese speak creole dialects of English with varying ethnic lexical imprints. However, all dialects are mutually intelligible. Symbolism. There are few national symbols ...
Capital and largest city (2022 est.):Georgetown, 240,000 Monetary unit:Guyanese dollar (GYD) Current government officials Languages:English (official), Amerindian dialects, Creole, Caribbean Hindustani (a dialect of Hindi), Urdu Ethnicity/race:East Indian 40%, black (African) 29.5%, 10.5% Indig...