Guyana is characterized as being in the Caribbean Region.
Guyana . The majority of the population , however , speak Guyanese Creole , an English-based creole language , as a first language . Guyanese Creole . Linguistically , it is similar to other English dialects of the Caribbean region , but has most influences of African and some loan words from Dutch , Arawakan languages , and Indian ( East Indian ) languages .