Bahamian Patwa
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Bahamian Patwa is an English-based creole spoken in the Bahamas, characterized by its distinct pronunciation, vocabulary, and grammar influenced by African languages and British English.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Atlantic English-lexifier creole
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English-based creole ⓘ creole language ⓘ |
| coexistsWith | Standard English in The Bahamas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| developedDuring | Atlantic slave trade era ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Bahamian Creole English
NERFINISHED
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Bahamian Dialect ⓘ Bahamian English Creole NERFINISHED ⓘ Bahamianese NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCodeSwitchingWith | Bahamian Standard English NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGrammaticalFeature |
copula deletion in some contexts
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creole grammar distinct from Standard English ⓘ plural marking often with post-nominal "dem" ⓘ simplified verb inflection ⓘ use of preverbal tense-aspect markers ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceFrom |
African languages
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British English NERFINISHED ⓘ West African languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLanguageFamily | English creole ⓘ |
| hasLexicalFeature |
distinct vocabulary from Standard English
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loanwords from African languages ⓘ loanwords from other Caribbean creoles ⓘ |
| hasLexifierLanguage | English NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
consonant cluster reduction
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distinct pronunciation compared to Standard English ⓘ vowel quality differences from Standard English ⓘ |
| hasSociolinguisticStatus |
marker of Bahamian national identity
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often stigmatized in formal contexts ⓘ |
| hasTypicalRegister |
colloquial
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informal ⓘ |
| hasWritingSystem |
Latin alphabet
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surface form:
Latin script
|
| historicallyDevelopedFrom | contact between English speakers and enslaved Africans in The Bahamas ⓘ |
| primaryRegion |
Caribbean
NERFINISHED
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Lucayan Archipelago NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Bajan Creole
NERFINISHED
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Jamaican Patois NERFINISHED ⓘ Trinidadian English Creole ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Family Islands of The Bahamas
NERFINISHED
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Grand Bahama Island NERFINISHED ⓘ New Providence Island NERFINISHED ⓘ The Bahamas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedAs |
language of everyday communication
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vernacular language ⓘ |
| usedBy | majority of Bahamian population in informal settings ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Bahamian oral storytelling traditions
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Bahamian popular music ⓘ informal Bahamian media and social interaction ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.