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Peer reviewedSmith, Norval S. H.; And Others – Language in Society, 1987
Four hypotheses explaining the origin of Berbice Dutch, a Dutch-based Creole language spoken in the county of Berbice in Guyana, are explored. The most likely explanation is that the language was first spoken by Berbice slaves as a means of expressing the identity of a newly created "ethnic" group. (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Creoles, Dialects, Dutch, Ethnicity
