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12 Apr 2012 12:50 #83246
by Snoopster
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?
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12 Apr 2012 12:54 #83248
by ketchim
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 ...
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12 Apr 2012 12:55 #83250
by ketchim
AS You know there were over 90 % Hindus Indentureds .
Bad for Guyana ... ::redcard::
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12 Apr 2012 12:57 #83252
by Snoopster
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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12 Apr 2012 12:59 #83254
by ketchim
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
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12 Apr 2012 13:15 #83270
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Your reverence and worship of the" expert historian?' is baffling to say the least
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