Linguistic Landscape of Guyana

Video Transcript

English is our main language, our only language. The British [were] very strict, I guess, on that. Although we're surrounded by three other languages. We have French in French Guiana. We have Dutch, Dutch Guiana, which Suriname which was Dutch Guiana. And we have Brazil where they speak Portuguese. And Venezuela speaks Spanish.

In this video, a native Guyanese discusses the linguistic landscape of the country.