French Guiana Languages

French Guiana

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Description

The official language of French Guiana is French, and it is the predominant language of the department, spoken by most residents as a first or second language.

Other languages include...

• French Guianese Creole
• Six Amerindian languages...

• Arawakan languages
• Palikúr language
• Carib or Kari'nja language
• Wayana language
• Wayampi language
• Emerillon language

Word List(s)

• French Genealogical Word List - FamilySearch Wiki
• French Core 100 Word List - FrenchPod101
• 1000 Most Common French Words - 1000MostCommonWords
• 5000 Most Common French Words - MemRise

Alphabet and Pronunciation

Alphabet

• French Consonants and Vowels - Wikipedia
• French Alphabet - Wikipedia
• French Alphabet - Wikiversity

Pronunciation

• French pronunciation dictionary - Forvo
• Your Ultimate French Pronunciation Guide - FrenchPod101
• French Guianese Creole pronunciation - Omniglot

Language Aids and Dictionaries

Dictionaries

• Marie-Hélène Corréard, Valerie Grundy, Jean-Benoit Ormal-Grenon & Nicholas Rollin, The Oxford-Hachette French dictionary : French-English, English-French, Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007 - Available at WorldCat
• Cousin, Pierre-Henri. Collins French dictionary. Boston, Mass.: Credo Reference, 2012. Available at: WorldCat.

Online Dictionaries

• French dictionary - Lexilogos
• French–English Dictionary - Cambridge.org
• Dictionary French - French - Glosbe
• Dictionary Guianese Creole French - English - Glosbe

Language Aids

• French Grammar - Wikipedia
• French Grammar - Omniglot

Additional Resources

• Carpenter, Allan. French Guiana. n.p.: Childrens Press, 1970. Available at: GoogleBooks.
• French Guiana - Britannica