guyana in the year 1922

[quote author=ketchim link=topic=65303.msg410031#msg410031 date=1334249240]
When the Colonists mixed the Tribes by Location.

The plan was to ensure they spoke various Dialects :

to avoid meetings that result in Uprisings !
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Interesting, but surely the Indians would have kept their language going by speaking it in private.  No?  Why didn't the British insist on them converting to Christianity and adopting English culture and lifestyles?

There were too many Dialects :

So they ensured that a Plantation :

had many different dialects to NOT communicate ...

My Grandfather was an Interpreter fotr the British :

He knew and spoke about 10 ...

[quote author=The Captain link=topic=65303.msg410036#msg410036 date=1334249453]
where was the muslims
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AS You know there were over 90 % Hindus Indentureds .

Bad for Guyana ... ::redcard::

The Indians in Fiji and Mauritius kept their bhojpuri alive though.  To this day they still speak both creolese (french creolese in Mauritius) and bhojpuri.

[quote author=Snoopster link=topic=65303.msg410044#msg410044 date=1334249870]
The Indians in Fiji and Mauritius kept their bhojpuri alive though.  To this day they still speak both creolese (french creolese in Mauritius) and bhojpuri.
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coolie ppl in guyana didnt keep shit

An explanation may be that they Sailed from the Same Village:

so was openly able to Communicate:

Subs is our resident Expert on these matters  :wink:

[quote author=~Nargis~ link=topic=65303.msg410045#msg410045 date=1334249944]

coolie ppl in guyana didnt keep s***
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The could NOT :

IT was a Planned DIALECT placement :

By Plantation !

A must see for Kwami ... ::redcard::

[quote author=ketchim link=topic=65303.msg410046#msg410046 date=1334249985]
An explanation may be that they Sailed from the Same Village:

so was openly able to Communicate:

Subs is our resident Expert on these matters  :wink:
[/quote]  Your reverence and worship of the" expert historian?' is  baffling to say the least