Skepi Dutch Creole

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A language of Guyana

ISO 639-3
skw
User Population

No known L1 speakers. Last speakers survived into the 1990s (Holm 1989).

Location

Essequibo Islands-West Demerara region.

Language Status

10 (Extinct).

Classification
Creole, Dutch based
Dialects

Essequibo. Not inherently intelligible with Berbice Dutch Creole [brc] or the Rupununi dialect of Guyanese English Creole [gyn]. Lexical similarity: 52% with Berbice Dutch Creole [brc].

Language Use

By 1998 had no remaining speakers.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Skepi Dutch Creole