OzikoroPrincess Sauers and Auntie Bertha: The Final Keepers of Berbice Dutch
The extinction of Berbice Dutch Creole (Berbice Dutch) represents a profound loss for global linguistics and a poignant reminder of the cultural cost of colonialism. Spoken for centuries in the former Dutch colony along the Berbice River in Guyana, this unique language, a vibrant fusion of Dutch, indigenous Arawak, remarkably, a single African language…