Patois
E210276
Patois is a French-based Creole language spoken primarily in the Caribbean, notably in Saint Lucia and Dominica, where it is commonly referred to as Kwéyòl.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Patois canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1874345 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Patois Context triple: [Kwéyòl, hasAlternativeName, Patois]
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A.
Creole
Creole refers to a mixed-heritage ethnic community in Mauritius, typically descended from African, Malagasy, and European ancestors and central to the island’s Afro-Mauritian culture.
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B.
Maio Creole
Maio Creole is a regional variety of Cape Verdean Creole spoken primarily on the island of Maio, characterized by its own distinct phonetic and lexical features.
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C.
São Nicolau Creole
São Nicolau Creole is a regional variant of Cape Verdean Creole spoken primarily on the island of São Nicolau, characterized by its own distinct phonological and lexical features.
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D.
Angolar Creole
Angolar Creole is a Portuguese-based creole language spoken primarily by the Angolar community of São Tomé and Príncipe, known for its distinct African linguistic substrate and historical roots in maroon slave populations.
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E.
Boa Vista Creole
Boa Vista Creole is a regional variety of Cape Verdean Creole spoken primarily on the island of Boa Vista in Cape Verde.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Patois Target entity description: Patois is a French-based Creole language spoken primarily in the Caribbean, notably in Saint Lucia and Dominica, where it is commonly referred to as Kwéyòl.
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A.
Creole
Creole refers to a mixed-heritage ethnic community in Mauritius, typically descended from African, Malagasy, and European ancestors and central to the island’s Afro-Mauritian culture.
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B.
Maio Creole
Maio Creole is a regional variety of Cape Verdean Creole spoken primarily on the island of Maio, characterized by its own distinct phonetic and lexical features.
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C.
São Nicolau Creole
São Nicolau Creole is a regional variant of Cape Verdean Creole spoken primarily on the island of São Nicolau, characterized by its own distinct phonological and lexical features.
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D.
Angolar Creole
Angolar Creole is a Portuguese-based creole language spoken primarily by the Angolar community of São Tomé and Príncipe, known for its distinct African linguistic substrate and historical roots in maroon slave populations.
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E.
Boa Vista Creole
Boa Vista Creole is a regional variety of Cape Verdean Creole spoken primarily on the island of Boa Vista in Cape Verde.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Creole language
ⓘ
French-based Creole language ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Kreol Morisien
ⓘ
surface form:
Kweyol
Kwéyòl ⓘ Kwéyòl ⓘ
surface form:
Kwéyòl Ayisyen
Patwa ⓘ |
| coexistsWith |
Antillean French Creole varieties
ⓘ
English ⓘ French ⓘ |
| glottocode | sain1246 ⓘ |
| hasDialect |
Antillean Creole
ⓘ
surface form:
Dominican Creole French
Antillean Creole ⓘ
surface form:
Saint Lucian Creole French
|
| hasGrammaticalInfluenceFrom | West African languages ⓘ |
| hasISOCode | acf ⓘ |
| hasOrthography | Kwéyòl orthography ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalInfluenceFrom | French ⓘ |
| hasRevitalizationEfforts | true ⓘ |
| hasSubstrateInfluenceFrom |
Caribbean indigenous languages
ⓘ
English ⓘ West African languages ⓘ |
| hasSVOOrder | true ⓘ |
| hasTenseAspectMoodMarkers | true ⓘ |
| isSubjectTo | language shift toward English ⓘ |
| languageFamily | French Creole ⓘ |
| lexifierLanguage | French ⓘ |
| primaryLanguageBase | French ⓘ |
| region | Caribbean ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Caribbean diaspora communities
ⓘ
Dominica ⓘ French Guiana ⓘ Grenada ⓘ Guadeloupe ⓘ Martinique ⓘ Saint Lucia ⓘ Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ⓘ Trinidad and Tobago ⓘ |
| statusInDominica | widely spoken vernacular ⓘ |
| statusInSaintLucia | widely spoken vernacular ⓘ |
| taughtIn |
some schools in Dominica
ⓘ
some schools in Saint Lucia ⓘ |
| usedFor |
music
ⓘ
oral communication ⓘ popular culture ⓘ storytelling ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Creole Day celebrations in Dominica
ⓘ
Creole Day celebrations in Saint Lucia ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Patois Description of subject: Patois is a French-based Creole language spoken primarily in the Caribbean, notably in Saint Lucia and Dominica, where it is commonly referred to as Kwéyòl.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.