Jamaican Patois

E28453

Creole language English-based Creole spoken language

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

Aliases (4)

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Creole language → English-based Creole → spoken language →
alternativeName	Jamaican Creole → Jamaican Patwa → 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 → Scottish English → Spanish → Twi → West African languages → Yoruba →
isMutuallyIntelligibleWith	Central American English-based Creoles → 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 →

Referenced by (30)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Afroswing → Bobo Ashanti → Easington ("Jamaican English") → Easington → Nyabinghi order ("Jamaican Creole") →	languageUsed
Jamaican Patois ("Jamaican Creole") → Jamaican Patois ("Jamaican Patwa") →	alternativeName
Dalvey → Spring Garden →	hasCommonLanguage
Rowlandsfield → Trinityville →	hasLanguage
Bob Marley → County of Surrey (Jamaica) →	language
Cedar Valley → Saint Thomas Parish →	localLanguage
Morant Bay ("Jamaican English") → Morant Bay →	primaryLanguage
Bajan Creole →	closelyRelatedTo
Nicholas ("Jamaican English") →	hasLanguageOfUse
White Horses →	hasLocalLanguage
Leith Hall →	hasPrimaryLanguage
West African languages →	influenced
Iyaric →	influencedBy
Virgin Islands Creole English →	isRelatedTo
Lyssons ("Jamaican English") →	languageMajority
"Haile Selassie I is divine" →	languageOfExpression
Parish of St. Thomas in the East →	localSpokenLanguage
Iyaric ("Jamaican English") →	modifiesPhonologyOf
Bay Islands English ("Jamaican Creole English") →	relatedTo
Kumina ("Jamaican Creole") →	usesLanguageElement