It is good to learn other languages, it's not a bad thing...

Who says it's extremely difficult in the US...and I don't see the disintegration you speak of in terms of communication

RiffRaff posted:

It is good to learn other languages, it's not a bad thing...

Agree. Guyanese have nothing to lose by learning Spanish, Portuguese and Dutch, the official languages of our three neighbours. Georgetown businessmen can increase their revenues by employing bilingual sales staff, especially Spanish proficient ones. 

RiffRaff posted:

It is good to learn other languages, it's not a bad thing...

Who says it's extremely difficult in the US...and I don't see the disintegration you speak of in terms of communication

RiaffRaff - I live in Los Angeles, CA.  Believe it or not, communication is a challenge.  Can a small country like Guyana have such a problem?  I hope not.  Look at Quebec, in Canada.  

I didn't even realize that Guyanese speak English. 

I wish I had learned another language. Heck, I wish I had learned anything. 

Reza R. Rahaman posted:

RiffRaff posted:

It is good to learn other languages, it's not a bad thing...

Who says it's extremely difficult in the US...and I don't see the disintegration you speak of in terms of communication

RiaffRaff - I live in Los Angeles, CA.  Believe it or not, communication is a challenge.  Can a small country like Guyana have such a problem?  I hope not.  Look at Quebec, in Canada.  

I live in NY...they have people here from all over and they communicate fine

I visited Quebec...they seem to be doing fine

Reza R. Rahaman posted:

RiffRaff posted:

It is good to learn other languages, it's not a bad thing...

Who says it's extremely difficult in the US...and I don't see the disintegration you speak of in terms of communication

RiaffRaff - I live in Los Angeles, CA.  Believe it or not, communication is a challenge.  Can a small country like Guyana have such a problem?  I hope not.  Look at Quebec, in Canada.  

I lived there. Had no problem communicating in English. Went to India, China, Spain, France, Belgium, Denmark etc... that is, countries whose first language is not English and had no problem with language since foreign languages are taught at an early age in schools. Guyanese speak a form of English. As you move from one county or even regions you can notice the difference in accents and parlance. 

ksazma posted:

I didn't even realize that Guyanese speak English. 

I wish I had learned another language. Heck, I wish I had learned anything. 

I thought you knew Urdu. 

Reza R. Rahaman posted:

RiffRaff posted:

It is good to learn other languages, it's not a bad thing...

Who says it's extremely difficult in the US...and I don't see the disintegration you speak of in terms of communication

RiaffRaff - I live in Los Angeles, CA.  Believe it or not, communication is a challenge.  Can a small country like Guyana have such a problem?  I hope not.  Look at Quebec, in Canada.  

Reza,

It may appear that you are afraid of diversity. There is nothing wrong in having diversity. 

Have you ever visited Montreal ? They speak several languages there. 

BTW, most Guyanese do not communicate in English on a daily bias, that is Creole or as some say, broken down. I am originally from Berbice and you should visit Berbice and listen very carefully to their language and figure it out.

Please do not get me wrong, I mean all of this in a good way.

Mitwah posted:

ksazma posted:

I didn't even realize that Guyanese speak English. 

I wish I had learned another language. Heck, I wish I had learned anything. 

I thought you knew Urdu. 

Dude, I don't even know me. 

Is it true that there is a different dialect in every village in Berbice? 

ksazma posted:

Is it true that there is a different dialect in every village in Berbice? 

Yes. Lots of dialects in villages in Berbice. Some it is even further Broken down Creole.

Ask Chief about the many dialects Down The Coast.

There seems to a constant fusion of the languages. In the Upper Corentyne, there is Surinamese influence and now with the influx of Brazilians in GT, there is Portugese. With Colombians and Cubans, there is influence of Spanish. Bhojpuri and Urdu is making a come back.

yuji22 posted:

ksazma posted:

Is it true that there is a different dialect in every village in Berbice? 

Yes. Lots of dialects in villages in Berbice. Some it is even further Broken down Creole.

Ask Chief about the many dialects Down The Coast.

You see the Berbice dialect is very unique. It has that creolese, infused with a few Indian slangs and "cuss" words that make it more effective- sounding.

English is the business language of the world. I am from Guyana and I also speak, read and write Spanish as a second language. I was learning Hindi at one time, but leave it off. For any business people who wish to do business in another country other than their own must learn to adapt and learn the language. It's alway good to know another language. Let me add that English and Spanish are two major languages that are recognized worldwide.   

Dis bai reza na look sharp. 

Iman is what might be called a English duck. I does talk and rite good English with a cuss dialect.

cain posted:

Iman is what might be called a English duck. I does talk and rite good English with a cuss dialect.

English with a putagee cuss dialect?

Reza R. Rahaman posted:

I just read in awe about the Cuban Vendors that ply their trade in Guyana.

While a spirit of business is highly recommended.  The problem lies with the 

language barrier.  The Republic of Guyana from its colonial times to the present

has always been an English Speaking Country.  Hopefully, Guyana would not

disintegrate in an USA like situation where over 100 languages are spoken..  Communication

here in the US is extremely difficult.  

The relevant authorities, in Guyana, should be cognoscente of this and see to it that English

remains the standard language in public.  Immigrants to Guyana should be aware they are in

in a country where English is the spoken language and must  abide to such.

  

If you do not have anything sensible to share why post? That there are over 400 languages spoken here inclusive of 176 native languages.  The US does official business in english but it does not have an official language.

The Guyanese society needs to be multicultural. It  already has over a dozen spoken languages with english and creoles being the ones spoken universally. Competency with english for the world is indeed to be emphasized but Guyanese need to speak the language of its neighbors...spanish and portuguese. Most amerindians on the border regions speak at least four languages.

Reza R. Rahaman posted:

RiffRaff posted:

It is good to learn other languages, it's not a bad thing...

Who says it's extremely difficult in the US...and I don't see the disintegration you speak of in terms of communication

RiaffRaff - I live in Los Angeles, CA.  Believe it or not, communication is a challenge.  Can a small country like Guyana have such a problem?  I hope not.  Look at Quebec, in Canada.  

Bullshit...Everyone speak english or spanglish in LA even the recently arrive cholos has some english facility. Each community should emphasize competency in english but one cannot ask that a people deny who they are and refuse to also participate in their cultural reality be it spanish, Chinese of Athabaskan

Mitwah posted:

Reza R. Rahaman posted:

RiffRaff posted:

It is good to learn other languages, it's not a bad thing...

Who says it's extremely difficult in the US...and I don't see the disintegration you speak of in terms of communication

RiaffRaff - I live in Los Angeles, CA.  Believe it or not, communication is a challenge.  Can a small country like Guyana have such a problem?  I hope not.  Look at Quebec, in Canada.  

I lived there. Had no problem communicating in English. Went to India, China, Spain, France, Belgium, Denmark etc... that is, countries whose first language is not English and had no problem with language since foreign languages are taught at an early age in schools. Guyanese speak a form of English. As you move from one county or even regions you can notice the difference in accents and parlance. 

 

I have been to over 50 countries and lived extensively in 3 non english speaking countries and never had difficulty communicating. These days with google translate it is easy to pick up the basics to get by and be polite. It is a worthy thing for one to speak at least 3 languages. I speak and write three easily and get by speaking in a few others ie Dutch, Flemish ( essentially Dutch) and portuguese. All of us know a few words of hindi... I am studying Mandarin presently and doing great since I have lots of chinese friends.

RiffRaff posted:

Reza R. Rahaman posted:

RiffRaff posted:

It is good to learn other languages, it's not a bad thing...

Who says it's extremely difficult in the US...and I don't see the disintegration you speak of in terms of communication

RiaffRaff - I live in Los Angeles, CA.  Believe it or not, communication is a challenge.  Can a small country like Guyana have such a problem?  I hope not.  Look at Quebec, in Canada.  

I live in NY...they have people here from all over and they communicate fine

Main Street has over 139 languages spoken there regularly. In NY one can do well to speak spanish and english alternatively. I know lost of old people who came in the 70's and worked in the garment industry who had no formal education beyond grade school who get by speaking spanish well

Reza R. Rahaman posted:

RiffRaff posted:

It is good to learn other languages, it's not a bad thing...

Who says it's extremely difficult in the US...and I don't see the disintegration you speak of in terms of communication

RiaffRaff - I live in Los Angeles, CA.  Believe it or not, communication is a challenge.  Can a small country like Guyana have such a problem?  I hope not.  Look at Quebec, in Canada.  

While indeed French is the language of Quebec, there are extremely limited problems with others who speak English and other languages.

Of note, in the Canadian federal government, indeed one must know both English and French to be employed in most positions.

Also, in all provinces one learns both English and French.

In some schools in Alberta and other provinces, children are taught in Hindi, Arabic, Chinese, etc., as the primary languages plus of course in English and French.

Reza R. Rahaman posted:

RiffRaff posted:

It is good to learn other languages, it's not a bad thing...

Who says it's extremely difficult in the US...and I don't see the disintegration you speak of in terms of communication

RiaffRaff - I live in Los Angeles, CA.  Believe it or not, communication is a challenge.  Can a small country like Guyana have such a problem?  I hope not.  Look at Quebec, in Canada.  

I visited Los Angeles many times and had no difficulty in communicating in English with those who speak other languages.

Sign language, I use it a lot when driving sometimes me does get replies wid eggs, ah gon tell yo doan ley them eggs dry pon yo car. hehehe 

Oi Ball you see how dat banna spell the word in de heading? Langauge. I see his dilemma

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D2 fish up Reza... and rightly so!

Chief, how many languages do you speak fairly besides English?

cain posted:

Oi Ball you see how dat banna spell the word in de heading? Langauge. I see his dilemma

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He is gauging the situation,

Besides sign language I am found of cussing which is a language of expression, no ?   

ball posted:

cain posted:

Oi Ball you see how dat banna spell the word in de heading? Langauge. I see his dilemma

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He is gauging the situation,

Besides sign language I am found of cussing which is a language of expression, no ?   

I agree, but others wouldn't appreciate you sound like the forum preacher, Mr. Nehru. Lol

Guyanese hoping to learn a foreign language should try and preserve their native accent. I speak Spanish, French and German and I try not to develop a British accent as it interferes seriously with pronunciation, especially in French.

Cobra posted:

Chief, how many languages do you speak fairly besides English?

Taki- Taki