otp comments on Official languages in Central and South America

[–] otp@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 years ago (8 children)

Forgive my ignorance in geography...what are the English/Dutch/French countries to the north of Brazil?

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[–] witchdoctor@lemmy.basedcount.com [S] 17 points 2 years ago* (7 children)

Guyana, Suriname and French Guyana

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[–] otp@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 years ago (6 children)

Thank you!

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[–] Xia@jlai.lu 15 points 2 years ago (5 children)

And French Guiana is not a country, just a region of France

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[–] Gork@lemm.ee 8 points 2 years ago* (4 children)

Huh, so it's one of those relics of colonialism that didn't eventually end up independent then.

Also really weird to learn they use the Euro there lol

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[–] BastingChemina@slrpnk.net 2 points 2 years ago

Same for the few Caribbean islands speaking French, they are French "départements"

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[–] Blaze@reddthat.com 2 points 2 years ago

Do you know about the ABC Dutch Islands? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ABC_islands_(Leeward_Antilles)

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[–] Pabo@feddit.nl 2 points 2 years ago

Indeed, you can even see French Guyana depicted on the map on the back of the Euro banknotes (usually on a map window in the lower left corner).

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[–] UndercoverUlrikHD@programming.dev 2 points 2 years ago

France is still a colonial power though they rarely seems to getting as much flak as their island rival. It leads to some fun facts like "EUs largest national park is in the Amazon rainforest" and "France is the country with the most timezones (13)".

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