Jamaican Patois

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Jamaican_Patois

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb: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
gptkbp:influencedBy	gptkb:Spanish gptkb:Arawakan_languages gptkb:West_African_languages Portuguese
gptkbp:ISO639-3	gptkb:milk
gptkbp:languageFamily	gptkb: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:Jamaican-American gptkb:Bob_Marley gptkb:Creole_languages gptkb:Spanish_Town
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Jamaican Patois