OLAC resources in and about the Guyanese Creole English language

ISO 639-3: gyn

The combined catalog of all OLAC participants contains the following resources that are relevant to this language:

• Primary texts
• Language descriptions
• Other resources about the language

Other known names and dialect names: Afro-Guyanese Creole, Creolese, Guyanese Creole, Indo-Guyanese Creole, Rupununi

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Primary texts

1. ONLINEDB2-002. Bickerton, Derek (depositor). 2016. Kaipuleohone. oai:scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu:10125/40828
2. ONLINEDB2-003. Bickerton, Derek (depositor). 2016. Kaipuleohone. oai:scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu:10125/40829
3. ONLINEDB2-004. Bickerton, Derek (depositor). 2016. Kaipuleohone. oai:scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu:10125/40830
4. ONLINEDB2-005. Bickerton, Derek (depositor). 2016. Kaipuleohone. oai:scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu:10125/40831
5. ONLINEDB2-006. Bickerton, Derek (depositor). 2016. Kaipuleohone. oai:scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu:10125/40832

Language descriptions

1. ONLINEAPiCS Online Resources for Creolese. n.a. 2020. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. oai:apics-online.info:5
2. ONLINEGlottolog 5.2 Resources for Guyanese Creole English. n.a. 2025. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. oai:glottolog.org:creo1235
3. ONLINEThe Classification of the English-Lexifier Creole Languages Spoken in Grenada, Guyana, St. Vincent, and Tobago Using a Comparison of the Markers of Some Key Grammatical Features. Holbrook, David J. 2012. SIL International. oai:sil.org:43481

Other resources about the language

1. ONLINEGuyanese Creole English: a language of Guyana. n.a. 2018. SIL International. oai:ethnologue.com:gyn
2. ONLINELINGUIST List Resources for Creole English, Guyanese. Damir Cavar, eLinguistics Foundation Board Member (editor); Malgorzata E. Cavar, Director of Linguist List (editor). 2022-05-31. The LINGUIST List (www.linguistlist.org). oai:linguistlist.org:lang_gyn
3. ONLINEGuyanese Creole survey report. Holbrook, David J.; Holbrook, Holly A. 2002. SIL International. oai:sil.org:9001
4. The classification of the English-lexifier creole languages spoken in Grenada, Guyana, St. Vincent, and Tobago using a comparison of the markers of some key grammatical features: a tool for determining the potential to share and/or adapt literary developm. Holbrook, David J. 2006. SIL International. oai:sil.org:9309
5. Exploring the potential for Creole language development through religious literature: the current sociolinguistic situation in Guyana, South America. Holbrook, David J. 2001. SIL International. oai:sil.org:10632

Other known names and dialect names: Afro-Guyanese Creole, Creolese, Guyanese Creole, Indo-Guyanese Creole, Rupununi

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