Back Berbice Dutch Creole ALS Berbice-Niederländisch German Berbiceko nederlandera Basque Berbicen kreolihollanti Finnish Berbice kreolski nizozemski jezik Croatian Batava Berbicensis Latin Berbice-Nederlands Dutch Berbice-nederlandsk NN Berbice-nederlandsk NB Lenga créola olandèisa berbice PMS
| Berbice Dutch Creole | |
|---|---|
| Region | Guyana |
| Extinct | 2005 with the death of Bertha Bell[1] |
Dutch Creole
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | brc |
| Glottolog | berb1259 |
| ELP | Berbice Creole Dutch |
Berbice Creole Dutch (also known as Berbice Dutch) is a now extinct Dutch creole language, once spoken in Berbice, a region along the Berbice River in Guyana. It had a lexicon largely based on Dutch and Eastern Ijo varieties from southern Nigeria. In contrast to the widely known Negerhollands Dutch creole spoken in the Virgin Islands, Berbice Creole Dutch and its relative Skepi Creole Dutch were more or less unknown to the outside world until Ian Robertson first reported on the two languages in 1975. The Dutch linguist Silvia Kouwenberg subsequently investigated the creole language, publishing its grammar in 1994, and numerous other works examining its formation and uses.[2]
- ^ "Berbice Dutch officially extinct". Radio Netherlands Worldwide. February 25, 2010. Archived from the original on August 7, 2017. Retrieved May 17, 2022.
- ^ Kouwenberg, Silvia (1994). A Grammar of Berbice Dutch Creole. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 978-3-11-013736-1.