Jamaican Standardized Orthography
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Jamaican Standardized Orthography is the officially recognized writing system used to consistently represent the Jamaican Patois language in written form.
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
orthography
ⓘ
writing system ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
facilitate teaching of Jamaican Patois as a subject
ⓘ
standardize written Jamaican Patois ⓘ |
| appliesToLanguage | Jamaican Patois NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Jamaican Creole language description
ⓘ
language policy in Jamaica ⓘ |
| countryOfUse | Jamaica NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| designGoal | one sound one spelling as far as possible ⓘ |
| distinguishesFrom |
English orthography
ⓘ
ad hoc Jamaican Patois spellings ⓘ |
| domain |
education
ⓘ
language planning ⓘ literature ⓘ |
| enables |
consistent digital text processing of Jamaican Patois
ⓘ
corpus creation for Jamaican Patois ⓘ lexicographic work in Jamaican Patois ⓘ |
| hasUserCommunity |
Jamaican educators
ⓘ
Jamaican linguists ⓘ speakers of Jamaican Patois ⓘ |
| languageCodeTarget | Jamaican Creole language (ISO 639-3: jam) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamilyTarget | English-based creole ⓘ |
| phonemicPrinciple | largely phonemic ⓘ |
| primaryFunction |
reduce spelling variation in Jamaican Patois
ⓘ
represent Jamaican Patois consistently in writing ⓘ support literacy in Jamaican Patois ⓘ |
| region | Caribbean ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
language normalization
ⓘ
orthographic reform ⓘ standard language ⓘ |
| represents | phonology of Jamaican Patois ⓘ |
| script | Latin script ⓘ |
| status | officially recognized ⓘ |
| supports |
formal documentation in Jamaican Patois
ⓘ
publication of books in Jamaican Patois ⓘ translation of religious texts into Jamaican Patois ⓘ |
| usedFor | Jamaican Patois NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usesAlphabetBasedOn | English alphabet ⓘ |
| writingSystemType | alphabetic ⓘ |
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