Jamaican Creole English

GPTKB entity

Statements (49)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:language
creole language
gptkbp:alternativeName gptkb:Jamaican_Patois
gptkb:Patwa
gptkb:Jamaican_Patwa
gptkbp:creolizedFrom gptkb:Spanish
gptkb:Arawakan_languages
gptkb:West_African_languages
English
Portuguese
gptkbp:hasDialects gptkb:Eastern_Jamaican_Patois
gptkb:Kingston_Patois
gptkb:Western_Jamaican_Patois
gptkbp:hasGrammar distinct from Standard English
gptkbp:hasOrthography no standardized orthography
gptkbp:hasPhonology distinct from Standard English
gptkbp:hasPidginAncestor Jamaican English-based pidgin
gptkbp:hasVocabulary derived from English and African languages
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Jamaican Creole English
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Spanish
gptkb:Arawakan_languages
gptkb:West_African_languages
English
Portuguese
gptkbp:ISO639-3 gptkb:milk
gptkbp:languageFamily gptkb:Western_Atlantic
gptkb:Atlantic_Creole
creole language
gptkbp:linguisticTypology SVO
gptkbp:nativeName gptkb:Patois
gptkb:Patwa
gptkbp:notableBook gptkb:Linton_Kwesi_Johnson
gptkb:Louise_Bennett-Coverley
gptkbp:numberOfSpeakers 3 million
gptkbp:recognizedBy gptkb:Ethnologue
gptkbp:region gptkb:Caribbean
gptkbp:spokenIn gptkb:Jamaica
gptkbp:status not an official language
gptkbp:supportsLanguage gptkb:milk
gptkbp:usedBy gptkb:Jamaicans
gptkb:Jamaican_diaspora
gptkbp:usedIn gptkb:literature
gptkb:music
reggae music
everyday communication
dancehall music
gptkbp:writingSystem gptkb:Latin_script
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Jamaican_Creole
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6