Cassidy-JLU writing system
E155065
The Cassidy-JLU writing system is a standardized orthography developed for accurately representing the sounds and grammar of Jamaican Patois in written form.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cassidy orthography | 1 |
| Cassidy-JLU orthography | 1 |
| Cassidy-JLU writing system canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1340601 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cassidy-JLU writing system Context triple: [Jamaican Patois, officialOrthographyName, Cassidy-JLU writing system]
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A.
Kawi script
Kawi script is an ancient Brahmic-derived writing system historically used across Java and other parts of Southeast Asia to write Old Javanese and related languages.
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B.
Lontara script
The Lontara script is an indigenous writing system traditionally used by the Bugis and Makassarese peoples of South Sulawesi, Indonesia, to write their Austronesian languages.
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C.
Tirhuta script
Tirhuta script is a traditional Brahmic writing system historically used for the Maithili language of the Mithila region in India and Nepal.
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D.
Ruqʿah script
Ruqʿah script is a simple, highly legible Arabic handwriting style commonly used for everyday writing and official documents in the Arab world.
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E.
Baybayin
Baybayin is an ancient pre-colonial Philippine script used to write several native languages before the widespread adoption of the Latin alphabet.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cassidy-JLU writing system Target entity description: The Cassidy-JLU writing system is a standardized orthography developed for accurately representing the sounds and grammar of Jamaican Patois in written form.
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A.
Kawi script
Kawi script is an ancient Brahmic-derived writing system historically used across Java and other parts of Southeast Asia to write Old Javanese and related languages.
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B.
Lontara script
The Lontara script is an indigenous writing system traditionally used by the Bugis and Makassarese peoples of South Sulawesi, Indonesia, to write their Austronesian languages.
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C.
Tigalari script
The Tigalari script is a historical South Indian writing system used primarily to write Tulu and Sanskrit, closely related to other southern Brahmic scripts.
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D.
Tirhuta script
Tirhuta script is a traditional Brahmic writing system historically used for the Maithili language of the Mithila region in India and Nepal.
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E.
Ruqʿah script
Ruqʿah script is a simple, highly legible Arabic handwriting style commonly used for everyday writing and official documents in the Arab world.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
orthography
ⓘ
standardized orthography ⓘ writing system ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Cassidy-JLU writing system
ⓘ
surface form:
Cassidy orthography
Cassidy-JLU writing system ⓘ
surface form:
Cassidy-JLU orthography
|
| appliesTo |
Caribbean English creole continuum
ⓘ
surface form:
Jamaican Creole continuum
|
| associatedWith |
Frederic G. Cassidy
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jamaican Patois ⓘ
surface form:
Jamaican Language Unit
University of the West Indies Mona campus ⓘ
surface form:
University of the West Indies, Mona
|
| basisOf | official recommendations of the Jamaican Language Unit for Patois spelling ⓘ |
| designedFor |
accurate representation of Jamaican Patois grammar
ⓘ
accurate representation of Jamaican Patois phonology ⓘ |
| distinguishes | Jamaican Patois from Standard English in writing ⓘ |
| domain |
Caribbean linguistics
ⓘ
Jamaican Creole linguistics ⓘ |
| emphasizes | phonological accuracy over etymological spelling ⓘ |
| feature |
consistent sound-to-symbol correspondence
ⓘ
distinct spelling from Standard English ⓘ minimal use of silent letters ⓘ phonemic spelling ⓘ representation of Jamaican Patois consonant contrasts ⓘ representation of Jamaican Patois vowel contrasts ⓘ rules for pronoun spelling ⓘ rules for reduplication and compounding ⓘ rules for tense-aspect markers ⓘ use of digraphs for certain consonant sounds ⓘ |
| goal |
promotion of literacy in Jamaican Patois
ⓘ
standardization of Jamaican Patois writing ⓘ support for language planning for Jamaican Patois ⓘ |
| hasGuidelinesFor |
capitalization
ⓘ
loanword adaptation into Jamaican Patois spelling ⓘ punctuation in Jamaican Patois texts ⓘ word division ⓘ |
| influencedBy | earlier phonemic proposals for Jamaican Creole ⓘ |
| primaryLanguage | Jamaican Patois ⓘ |
| script | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
| supports | representation of Jamaican Patois as a distinct language ⓘ |
| typeOfStandard | language orthographic standard ⓘ |
| usedFor |
Bible translations into Jamaican Patois
ⓘ
dictionaries of Jamaican Patois ⓘ educational materials in Jamaican Patois ⓘ linguistic description of Jamaican Patois ⓘ literary texts in Jamaican Patois ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Jamaica
ⓘ
Jamaican Americans ⓘ
surface form:
Jamaican diaspora communities
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How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Cassidy-JLU writing system Description of subject: The Cassidy-JLU writing system is a standardized orthography developed for accurately representing the sounds and grammar of Jamaican Patois in written form.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Cassidy orthography
this entity surface form:
Cassidy-JLU orthography