Jamaican Patois

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Jamaican Patois is an English-based Creole language spoken primarily in Jamaica, shaped by a blend of African, European, and indigenous linguistic influences.

All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Jamaican Patois canonical 64
Jamaican Creole 12
Jamaican English 9

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Creole language
English-based Creole
spoken language
alternativeName Jamaican Creole
linked to: Jamaican Patois

Jamaican Patwa
linked to: Jamaican Patois

Patwa
Patwah
countryOfPrimaryUse Jamaica
developedFrom contact between English and West African languages on Jamaican plantations
glottocode jama1262
hasCopulaSystem multiple copular forms
hasCulturalAssociation Jamaican popular culture
Rastafari movement
hasMorphologicalType analytic
hasOfficialOrthography true
hasPhonologicalFeature absence of dental fricatives
consonant cluster reduction
vowel nasalization
hasSociolinguisticStatus coexists with Jamaican Standard English in a continuum
primarily oral language
hasSubstrate West African languages
hasSuperstrate English
hasTenseAspectMoodSystem particle-based
historicalPeriodOfEmergence 17th century
influencedByLanguage Akan
French
Igbo
Irish English
Kalinago language
Kikongo
Portuguese
linked to: Portuguese language

Scottish English
Spanish
Twi
West African languages
Yoruba
isMutuallyIntelligibleWith Central American English-based Creoles
linked to: Belizean Creole

Limonese Creole
ISO639-3Code jam
languageFamily Atlantic English Creole
English Creole
Western Caribbean Creole
officialOrthographyName Cassidy-JLU writing system
primaryLexifierLanguage English
primaryWordOrder SVO
regionOfUse Caribbean
usedAs language of dancehall music
language of reggae music
vernacular language in Jamaica
usedBy majority of Jamaican population
writingSystem Latin script

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (90)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

West African languages influenced Jamaican Patois
Morant Bay primaryLanguage Jamaican English
linked to: Jamaican Patois
Morant Bay primaryLanguage Jamaican Patois
Jamaican Patois alternativeName Jamaican Creole
linked to: Jamaican Patois
Jamaican Patois alternativeName Jamaican Patwa
linked to: Jamaican Patois
Nicholas hasLanguageOfUse Jamaican English
linked to: Jamaican Patois
"Haile Selassie I is divine" languageOfExpression Jamaican Patois
subject linked to: Haile Selassie I is divine
Bob Marley language Jamaican Patois
Nyabinghi order languageUsed Jamaican Creole
linked to: Jamaican Patois
Bobo Ashanti languageUsed Jamaican Patois
Iyaric modifiesPhonologyOf Jamaican English
linked to: Jamaican Patois
Iyaric influencedBy Jamaican Patois
Afroswing languageUsed Jamaican Patois
Kumina usesLanguageElement Jamaican Creole
linked to: Jamaican Patois
County of Surrey (Jamaica) language Jamaican Patois
Lyssons languageMajority Jamaican English
linked to: Jamaican Patois
White Horses hasLocalLanguage Jamaican Patois
Spring Garden hasCommonLanguage Jamaican Patois
Leith Hall hasPrimaryLanguage Jamaican Patois
Trinityville hasLanguage Jamaican Patois
Easington languageUsed Jamaican English
linked to: Jamaican Patois
Easington languageUsed Jamaican Patois
Saint Thomas Parish localLanguage Jamaican Patois
Cedar Valley localLanguage Jamaican Patois
Dalvey hasCommonLanguage Jamaican Patois
Rowlandsfield hasLanguage Jamaican Patois
Bajan Creole closelyRelatedTo Jamaican Patois
Bay Islands English relatedTo Jamaican Creole English
linked to: Jamaican Patois
Spragga Benz languageOfPerformance Jamaican Patois
Shaggy languageOfPerformance Jamaican Patois
Cornwall County languageUsed Jamaican Patois
Nine Mile, Saint Ann Parish, Jamaica languageUsed Jamaican English
linked to: Jamaican Patois
Nyahbinghi Order languageOfChanting Jamaican Creole
subject linked to: Nyahbinghi order
linked to: Jamaican Patois
Grounation Day languageOfName Jamaican Patois
Bobo Shanti languageUse Jamaican Creole
linked to: Jamaican Patois
Patwa hasAlternativeName Jamaican Patois
Patwa hasAlternativeName Jamaican Creole
linked to: Jamaican Patois
Patwa hasAlternativeName Jamaican Patwa
linked to: Jamaican Patois
Patwah alternateName Jamaican Patois
Patwah alternateName Jamaican Creole
linked to: Jamaican Patois
Cassidy-JLU writing system associatedWith Jamaican Language Unit
linked to: Jamaican Patois
Dread Talk basedOn Jamaican English
linked to: Jamaican Patois
Dread Talk relatedTo Jamaican Patois
Rasta Talk relatedTo Jamaican Patois
Nyabinghi ceremonies languageUsed Jamaican Creole
linked to: Jamaican Patois