Patois (Jamaican)
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Jamaican Patois is spoken in Jamaica and by Jamaican communities in the United Kingdom, the United States, and Canada.
Jamaican Patois is an English-based creole with many words from West African languages. It has about 3 million speakers and is known worldwide through reggae music.
Jamaican Patois is an English-based creole with many words from West African languages. It has about 3 million speakers and is known worldwide through reggae music.
Patois (Jamaican) is spoken/used in the following countries:
- Language Family
- Pidgin and Creole
- Subgroup
- English Creole
Patois (Jamaican) Language Sample
Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 1
Jamaican Creole English
Evribadi baan frii an iikwal wid rispek fi demself (digniti) an wid raits. Dem nuo ou fi riizn kaa dem av sens an nuo we rait fram we rang (kanshenz) an dem fi chriit dem wan aneda laik se dem a breda an sista.English translation
All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.
Source: OHCHR translations of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights