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  2. Jamaican Patois - Wikipedia

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    Female patois speaker saying two sentences A Jamaican Patois speaker discussing the usage of the language. Jamaican Patois (/ ˈ p æ t w ɑː /; locally rendered Patwah and called Jamaican Creole by linguists) is an English-based creole language with influences from West African, Arawak, Spanish and other languages, spoken primarily in Jamaica and among the Jamaican diaspora.

  3. List of Jamaican Patois words of African origin - Wikipedia

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    The list of African words in Jamaican Patois notes down as many loan words in Jamaican Patois that can be traced back to specific African languages, the majority of which are Twi words. [1] [2] Most of these African words have arrived in Jamaica through the enslaved Africans that were transported there in the era of the Atlantic slave trade.

  4. Cassidy/JLU orthography - Wikipedia

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    The Cassidy/JLU orthography is a phonemic system for writing Jamaican Patois originally developed by the linguist Frederic Cassidy. [1] It is used as the writing system for the Jamaican Wikipedia, known in Patois, and written using the Cassidy/JLU system, as the Jumiekan Patwa Wikipidia.

  5. Patois - Wikipedia

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    Jamaican Patois language consists of words from the native languages spoken by many Caribbean ethnic and cultural groups including Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, Amerindian, English and several African languages. Additionally, some islands have Creole dialects influenced by French, Spanish, Arabic, Hebrew, German, Dutch, Italian, Chinese ...

  6. Yardie - Wikipedia

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    Derived from Jamaican Patois, the term "yardie" can be ambiguous, having multiple meanings depending on context. [3] In the most innocuous sense, "yardie" can simply refer to a Jamaican national; as "yard" can mean "home" in Jamaican Patois, Jamaican expatriates who moved abroad to countries such as the U.K. and U.S. would often refer to themselves and other Jamaicans as "yardies". [3] "

  7. Category:Jamaican Patois - Wikipedia

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    Writers in Jamaican Patois (2 P) Pages in category "Jamaican Patois" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. This list may not reflect recent ...

  8. Igbo people in Jamaica - Wikipedia

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    Their presence was a large part in forming Jamaican culture, Igbo cultural influence remains in language, dance, music, folklore, cuisine, religion and mannerisms. In Jamaica the Igbo were often referred to as Eboe or Ibo. [3] There are a substantial number of Igbo language loanwords in Jamaican Patois. Igbo people mostly populated the ...

  9. Mauger (Jamaican Patois term) - Wikipedia

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    Mauger or also known as mawga the Jamaican Patois word for 'meagre', is a term used in rural Jamaica for a thin woman. In Jamaica, plumpness is considered to be important or vital to good health.