Chapter 1
Moving earth and rising waters
Chapter 2
Engineering the impossible
Chapter 3
Biogeography and evolutionary oddities
Chapter 4
The cultural geography of languages and borders
YOUR GOAL
Master of Volcanoes, pirates, and swimming pigs of the Caribbean basin
Ch 4 · The cultural geography of languages and borders
schopenhauer Languages and Borders
Two different sides, two different sides, But we both speak English!
schopenhauer The Garifuna people trace their unique Afro-Indigenous heritage across Caribbean and Central American coasts.
schopenhauer Two distinct nations, Haiti and Dominican Republic, share a single island with contrasting geographies.
BETA
schopenhauer Decode mischievous map clues to discover the wildest trivia of the tropics.
Fun Fact
Divided island: The border between Haiti and Dominican Republic is so distinct it can be clearly seen from space due to different forest laws.
Glossary
creole (noun)
A stable natural language developed from the mixing of parent languages. Haitian Creole's dominance on Hispaniola highlights a sharp linguistic boundary with the Spanish-speaking Dominican Republic.
A stable natural language developed from the mixing of parent languages. Haitian Creole's dominance on Hispaniola highlights a sharp linguistic boundary with the Spanish-speaking Dominican Republic.
Quiz
Approximately how far is the island of San Andrés from the coast of Colombia?
Quiz
What major environmental difference is visible from space along the Haiti-Dominican Republic border?
Quiz
Although historically English-speaking and close to Nicaragua, which country owns the San Andrés archipelago?
Quiz
In which century did the Garifuna people migrate to Central America after being exiled from St. Vincent?
Quiz
What is the unique ancestral origin of the Garifuna people of Central America?
Quiz
Papiamento, the Creole language of the ABC islands, is primarily a blend of which languages?