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[J_Al_es]

Originally Posted by Paneco

lo siento pero ese comentario la hize hace 2 meses! porque SIEMPRE me estas hostigando sivar estas intentando de bannearme o queres que desaparezco??? porque siempre me quieres hechar de menos

Noooo...trankilo....solo ke me parecio poko agradable el komentario...pero tranki!

Originally Posted by Paneco

lo siento pero ese comentario la hize hace 2 meses! porque SIEMPRE me estas hostigando sivar estas intentando de bannearme o queres que desaparezco??? porque siempre me quieres hechar de menos

yo no baneo a nadie...solo lo hacen los moderadores partiendo de la actitud de los foristas...por mi lo unico que creo es que vos deberias de ser mas cuidadoso con tus post...pero al final ese es tu problema no el mio.

[E.Pinetta]

Que sorpresa encontrar este threat!, sobre todo porque existen muy pocas fotos de Belice en la red, tuve la oportunidad de conocer Belmopan hace casi 12 años no ha cambiado mucho por lo visto, pero desde que se entra por la frontera de Melchor de Mencos, se aprecia un paisaje diferente y sus ciudades son muy caracteristicas, me gustaron las que recuerdo quedan en el camino a Belmopan, como el Benque, Benque Viejo, el Cayo, Orange Walk, los rios y carreteras en aquel entonces eran muy limpios, no conozco Belize City aun solo llegue hasta una aldea que se llama Armenia que esta despues de Belmopan camino a Punta Gorda que es donde viven algunos familiares, sin embargo para mi es un pais muy bello, algo diferente a lo que estamos acostubrados a ver, talves no tienen construcciones vanguardistas pero tiene su encanto tambien, la gente, el idioma, las casas. los paisajes le dan un toque especial. Espero poder ir algun dia no muy lejano para conocer mas, y haber que pasa al final con la disputa territorial que tiene Guatemala ante la corte internacional, la gente de Belize no esta muy de acuerdo, pero habra que ver pasa con el tiempo.

[Belizean24]

BELICE!!!!! WEEPA!!!










Ah midi sho wah lee bit ah wha wi Belizeans midi duh.. Punta!!







BELIZEAN INDEPENDENCE DAY IN LOS ANGELES

[zato-1]

wow punta...baile exotico CentroAmericano.

[ChapinUrbano]

Tan cerquita pero tan lejano en cultura, algo completamente diferente a los demás países, talvez se ve algo medio parecido en algunas costas del Atlántico, pero no es lo mismo.

[Tillor87]

The culture in the caribbean side of Costa Rica is just like that and I guess the same happens in the Caribbean side of Nicaragua, Honduras and I guess Guatemala

[ChapinUrbano]

No creo que sea exactamente igual, nuestros pueblos caribeños tiene influencia de años por parte de la cultura hispana, cosa que no ha sucedido en Belice, hasta recientemente (desde finales de los 80s). Y porqué en Inglés???

[Tillor87]

Well, I am pretty sure it is not the same. There might be differences between them but they have some things in common such as the language, dances, etc.

Ah, I just thought to use english in a belizean thread

[ChapinUrbano]

En Belice se habla español también.

[Tillor87]

Yeah, a lot of people speak spanish but the language is common is english.
As far as I know belizean24 speaks no spanish.

Ay, igual podemos usar los dos idiomas, no veo problema jeje.

I think over 50% of the belizean population speaks spanish but the other % does not. In the other hand, 100% of them speak english

[ChapinUrbano]

Are you sure 100% speaks english??? mmm, don´t think so.

[Tillor87]

You might be right, some native americans might be still using their native languages and some hispanic inmigrant may remain speaking spanish but the % might be close to 100%.

This is a topic I enjoy talking about. Spanish is the most spread language in the country however the belizean government stills refuse to declare spanish as an official language. Let's remember that Belize belongs to the Commonwealth and I am not sure if they have any restrinction about having two official languages wich would be weird as Canada does have two (english/french) or New Zeland (English/Maori).

Maybe Belizean24 could tell us a bit more about the linguistic situation up there :P

[Chapi]

Lo más parecido a Belize es Livingston.

Originally Posted by Fernando96

Tan cerquita pero tan lejano en cultura, algo completamente diferente a los demás países, talvez se ve algo medio parecido en algunas costas del Atlántico, pero no es lo mismo.

[Chapi]

En Belize pasa un fenomeno muy extraño, parte de su población proviene de el Slvador, Guatemala, Indu entre otros..!!

[Belizean24]

Yea most of the people in Belize speak spanish and look of Latino but everyone speaks more the 2 or 2 langauges. Belize is actually not all that different from the rest of Central America.. Some Belizeans don't speak english nor Belizean-kriol.

[chuchu22]

Originally Posted by Belizean24

Yea most of the people in Belize speak spanish and look of Latino but everyone speaks more the 2 or 2 langauges. Belize is actually not all that different from the rest of Central America.. Some Belizeans don't speak english nor Belizean-kriol.

and you speak spanish or only english???

[Belizean24]

This should answer your question tillor87.. I tottaly disagree with her about Jamaican patois and Belizean-Kriol Being kinda samilar. Also the Jamaicans coming to Belize cause there were very very few Jamaican who came to Belize. This will explain the Languages and if you can't get it through this clip then you can check out the Wikipedia which I am going to link cause it's hard to explain how the langauge thing work in Belize.




http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belize


English & Spanish Language Proficiency[18]
Language Speaks Very Well Speaks Some Total
English 54% 26% 80%
Spanish 52% 11% 63%


Languages in Belize according to 2000 census[18] Language Mother tongue speakers Percentage First language speakers Percentage
Chinese 1,607 0.8% 1,529 0.7%
Creole 67,527 32.9% 75,822 37.0%
English 7,946 3.9% 11,551 5.6%
Garifuna 6,929 3.4% 4,071 2.0%
German 6,783 3.3% 6,624 3.2%
Hindi 280 0.1% 193 0.1%
Maya Kek'chi 10,142 4.9% 9,314 4.5%
Maya Mopan 6,909 3.4% 6,093 3.0%
Maya Yucateco 1,176 0.6% 613 0.3%
Spanish 94,422 46.0% 88,121 43.0%
Others / no answer 1,402 0.7% 1,192 0.6%

[Tillor87]

Wow.. then I don't know why the belizean government ignores that huge spanish speaking population. I think they shall declare spanish as an official language together with english. I don't know if it is that the belizeans are against this or what but it might be politicaly correct I think.

[Belizean24]

Tillor84 I can only catch on to spanish but I do understand and write in Belizean-Kriol fluently. My father is from Belize city which there they speak more in Kriol then spanish but spanish is heard all over the nation no matter where you go in Belize. There are many langauges in Belize but the most spoken are Spanish and Belizean-Kriol. English is considered the official language but spanish and Kriol are whats spoken in Belize among the Belizeans. In school english is what you have to speak in at all times because it's so many languages that spoken that peoplle talk to their kids to at home that it sometimes become a first language and hard for some people to communicate...So yea thats why it is the way it is..Kids can only speak English at school but when out they speak whatever they feel like speaking.