Jamaican Patois

GPTKB entity

Statements (64)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf creole language
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Jamaican_Creole
gptkb:Patwa
gptkbp:closelyRelatedTo gptkb:Belizean_Kriol
gptkb:Sranan_Tongo
gptkb:Sierra_Leone_Krio
gptkbp:developedBy contact between English and West African languages
gptkbp:hasCodeSwitchingWith gptkb:Jamaican_English
gptkbp:hasDialects rural
urban
gptkbp:hasGrammar distinct from English
gptkbp:hasMediaPresence gptkb:radio_station
gptkb:television
gptkbp:hasOrthography gptkb:Cassidy-JLU_system
gptkbp:hasPhonology distinct from English
gptkbp:hasPidginOrigin 17th century
gptkbp:hasStandardizationEfforts ongoing
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Jamaican Patois
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Spanish
gptkb:Arawakan_languages
gptkb:West_African_languages
Portuguese
gptkbp:ISO639-3 gptkb:milk
gptkbp:languageFamily creole language
gptkbp:notableBook gptkb:Linton_Kwesi_Johnson
gptkb:Louise_Bennett-Coverley
gptkbp:notMutuallyIntelligibleWith gptkb:Standard_English
gptkbp:numberOfSpeakers 3 million
gptkbp:primaryLexifier English
gptkbp:recognizedBy gptkb:Jamaican_Language_Unit_(University_of_the_West_Indies)
gptkbp:regardedAs symbol of Jamaican identity
gptkbp:region gptkb:Caribbean
gptkbp:spokenIn gptkb:Canada
gptkb:Costa_Rica
gptkb:Jamaica
gptkb:Panama
gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:status unofficial language
gptkbp:usedBy gptkb:Jamaican_diaspora
gptkbp:usedIn gptkb:literature
gptkb:media
gptkb:music
reggae music
dub poetry
dancehall music
gptkbp:usedInEducation limited
gptkbp:writingSystem gptkb:Latin_script
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Harry_Belafonte
gptkb:Linton_Kwesi_Johnson
gptkb:Natasja_Saad
gptkb:English_Creole
gptkb:Gullah_language
gptkb:Jamaican-American
gptkb:Bob_Marley
gptkb:Creole_languages
gptkb:Rastafarianism
gptkb:Spanish_Town
gptkb:Dancehall
gptkb:Robert_Marley_Jr.
gptkb:Ziggy_Marley
gptkb:Shenseea
gptkb:Caribbean_literature
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5