Jamaican Patois

E28453

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

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Generate an image of Jamaican Patois (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 (8)

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 ⓘ

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Referenced by (176)

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