Berbice Creole Dutch is a highly endangered creole language spoken on the coast of Guyana. After the conquest of English Guyana by the Dutch in 1664, and the subsequentpeace treaty in which the English handed it over in exchange for New Amsterdam, the coastal areas got under Dutch cultural influence. However, this influence was rather slight, and did not reach much further than the town of Berbice. When the colony was reconquered by the British in Napoleaontic times, and split up in Dutch and British parts after the Vienna Congress, the Berbice slaves kept speaking it among themselves, until the language came in decay in the 20th century. As of 1993 there were some 4 or 5 elderly speakers of the language, although other sources report tens of speakers. // A creole language, or just creole, is a well-defined and stable language that originated from a non-trivial combination of two or more languages, typically with many distinctive features that are not inherited from either parent. ... Events March 12 - New Jersey becomes a colony of England. ... Dutch Revival buildings from the early 20th century on Pearl Street in lower Manhattan recall the Dutch origins of the city. ... Berbice is the Second largest of the three counties in Guyana and is known as the ancient county. ...

Berbice Creole Dutch is, as are Negerhollands (extinct) and Skepi Dutch Creole (with a similar preservation status as Berbice Dutch), not based on Hollandic Dutch (the dialect that is closest to Standard Dutch) but on Zealandic. Negerhollands is a Zeeuws creole that was once spoken in the Danish West Indies, now known as the U.S. Virgin Islands. ... An extinct language (also called a dead language) is a language which no longer has any native speakers. ... Skepi is an extinct Zeeuws-based creole language of Guyana. ... Hollandic is together with Brabantic the most frequently used dialect of the Dutch language. ... Zealandic (Zêeuws in Zeelandic, Zeeuws in Dutch) is a regional language spoken in the Dutch province of Zeeland and on the South Holland island of Goeree-Overflakkee. ...