Jamaican Patwa

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

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	creole language
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:Jamaican_Patois gptkb:Jamaican_Creole gptkb:Patwa
gptkbp:distinctFrom	gptkb:Standard_English
gptkbp:firstDocumented	17th century
gptkbp:hasGrammar	analytic structure
gptkbp:hasOrthography	gptkb:Cassidy-JLU_system
gptkbp:hasPhonology	tonal elements
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Jamaican Patwa
gptkbp:influencedBy	gptkb:Spanish gptkb:Arawakan_languages gptkb:West_African_languages Portuguese
gptkbp:ISO639-3	gptkb:milk
gptkbp:languageFamily	creole language
gptkbp:numberOfSpeakers	3 million
gptkbp:primaryLexifier	English
gptkbp:recognizedBy	Jamaican Language Unit, University of the West Indies
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:usedIn	gptkb:literature gptkb:music everyday conversation
gptkbp:writingSystem	gptkb:Latin_script
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Jamaican_Creole_English
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7