The Guyanas In South America or Caribbean?

[admincozy]

What are your thoughts, should the Guyanas be counted as part of South America or the Caribbean because of the difference in language?

[Mitzi]

If we judge by the language issue then Brazil is out.  They are and should be in South America regardless of the language issue.

[admincozy]

I think a lot of people see Brazil as 'Spanish' because Portuguese and Spanish are very similar, but that is a good point. I am still trying to understand how Guyana is included as part of the 'Caribbean'.

[Mitzi]

Maybe because culturally they seem to have more things in common with the Caribbean region than South America. They speak a dialect similar to the one in the West Indies, the food is similar, the ethnicities as well, etc.

[admincozy]

I don't know about that. It is just Georgetown you are referring to. The rest of Guyana might actually be closer to Brazil.