Talk:Jamaican Creole

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 Definition:  Several varieties of a full language spoken in Jamaica that developed from a pidgin and remained in some contact with English, created as a conseqence of enslaved speakers of many African languages requiring a means to communicate; also known as Patois. [d] [e]
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I called this 'Jamaican creole' rather than 'Jamaican patois' or ('patwa') because even though the latter is very common, including in Jamaica, it can be used derogatorily, especially by people outside a creole speech community. 'Creole' is certainly how it is referred to by linguists as well. John Stephenson 04:38, 7 May 2008 (CDT)

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