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.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Jamaican Patois canonical	64
Jamaican Creole	12
Jamaican English	9
Jamaican Creole English	2
Jamaican Patwa	2
Jamaican Language Unit	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Creole language ⓘ English-based Creole ⓘ spoken language ⓘ
alternativeName	Jamaican Patois ⓘ surface form: Jamaican Creole Jamaican Patois ⓘ surface form: 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 language ⓘ surface form: Portuguese Scottish English ⓘ Spanish ⓘ Twi ⓘ West African languages ⓘ Yoruba ⓘ
isMutuallyIntelligibleWith	Belizean Creole ⓘ surface form: Central American English-based Creoles Atlantic English Creole ⓘ surface form: Limonese Creole
ISO639-3Code	jam ⓘ
languageFamily	Atlantic English Creole ⓘ English Creole ⓘ Atlantic English Creole ⓘ surface form: 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 (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 Patois ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jamaican English

Morant Bay → primaryLanguage → Jamaican Patois ⓘ

Parish of St. Thomas in the East → localSpokenLanguage → Jamaican Patois ⓘ

Virgin Islands Creole English → isRelatedTo → Jamaican Patois ⓘ

Jamaican Patois → alternativeName → Jamaican Patois ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jamaican Creole

Jamaican Patois → alternativeName → Jamaican Patois ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jamaican Patwa

Nicholas → hasLanguageOfUse → Jamaican Patois ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jamaican English

Haile Selassie I is divine → languageOfExpression → Jamaican Patois ⓘ

subject surface form: "Haile Selassie I is divine"

Bob Marley → language → Jamaican Patois ⓘ

Nyabinghi order → languageUsed → Jamaican Patois ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jamaican Creole

Bobo Ashanti → languageUsed → Jamaican Patois ⓘ

Iyaric → modifiesPhonologyOf → Jamaican Patois ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jamaican English

Iyaric → influencedBy → Jamaican Patois ⓘ

Afroswing → languageUsed → Jamaican Patois ⓘ

Kumina → usesLanguageElement → Jamaican Patois ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jamaican Creole

County of Surrey (Jamaica) → language → Jamaican Patois ⓘ

Lyssons → languageMajority → Jamaican Patois ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jamaican English

White Horses → hasLocalLanguage → Jamaican Patois ⓘ

Spring Garden → hasCommonLanguage → Jamaican Patois ⓘ

Leith Hall → hasPrimaryLanguage → Jamaican Patois ⓘ

Trinityville → hasLanguage → Jamaican Patois ⓘ

Easington → languageUsed → Jamaican Patois ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jamaican English

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 Patois ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jamaican Creole English

Spragga Benz → languageOfPerformance → Jamaican Patois ⓘ

Shaggy → languageOfPerformance → Jamaican Patois ⓘ

Cornwall County → languageUsed → Jamaican Patois ⓘ

Nine Mile, Saint Ann Parish, Jamaica → languageUsed → Jamaican Patois ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jamaican English

Nine Mile, Saint Ann Parish, Jamaica → languageUsed → Jamaican Patois ⓘ

Nyahbinghi order → languageOfChanting → Jamaican Patois ⓘ

subject surface form: Nyahbinghi Order

this entity surface form: Jamaican Creole

Grounation Day → languageOfName → Jamaican Patois ⓘ

Bobo Shanti → languageUse → Jamaican Patois ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jamaican Creole

Patwa → hasAlternativeName → Jamaican Patois ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jamaican Creole

Patwa → hasAlternativeName → Jamaican Patois ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jamaican Patwa

Patwah → alternateName → Jamaican Patois ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jamaican Creole

Atlantic English Creole → hasExampleLanguage → Jamaican Patois ⓘ

Cassidy-JLU writing system → primaryLanguage → Jamaican Patois ⓘ

Cassidy-JLU writing system → associatedWith → Jamaican Patois ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jamaican Language Unit

Dread Talk → basedOn → Jamaican Patois ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jamaican English

Dread Talk → relatedTo → Jamaican Patois ⓘ

Rasta Talk → relatedTo → Jamaican Patois ⓘ

Nyabinghi ceremonies → languageUsed → Jamaican Patois ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jamaican Creole