Jamaican Patois

Summary

Jamaican Patois is a creole^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of creole entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,234 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Jamaican Patois is in the country of Jamaica^[3].
• Jamaican Patois is in the country of Panama^[4].
• Jamaican Patois is in the country of Costa Rica^[5].
• Jamaican Patois's instance of is recorded as creole^[6].
• Jamaican Patois's instance of is recorded as modern language^[7].
• Jamaican Patois's instance of is recorded as natural language^[8].
• Jamaican Patois is a type of Western Caribbean Creole^[9].
• Jamaican Patois is a type of nation language^[10].
• Jamaican Patois's writing system is recorded as Latin script^[11].
• Jamaican Patois's writing system is recorded as Cassidy/JLU orthography^[12].
• Jamaican Patois's Commons category is recorded as Jamaican Patois^[13].
• Jamaican Patois's Wikimedia language code is recorded as jam^[14].
• Jamaican Patois comprises Limonese Creole^[15].
• Jamaican Patois comprises Bocas del Toro Creole^[16].
• Jamaican Patois comprises Moskitian Creole^[17].
• Jamaican Patois's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 18, 'lon': -77}^[18].
• Jamaican Patois's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Jamaican Patois^[19].
• Jamaican Patois's number of speakers, writers, or signers is recorded as {'amount': '+3200000'}^[20].
• Jamaican Patois's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'jam', 'text': 'Patwa'}^[21].
• Jamaican Patois's different from is recorded as Jamaican English^[22].
• Jamaican Patois's indigenous to is recorded as Jamaica^[23].
• Jamaican Patois's exact match is recorded as http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/JAM^[24].
• Jamaican Patois's exact match is recorded as https://apics-online.info/contributions/8^[25].
• Jamaican Patois's Ethnologue language status is recorded as 5 Developing^[26].
• Jamaican Patois's related category is recorded as Category:Jamaican Patois pronunciation^[27].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include creole^[6], modern language^[7], and natural language^[8]. Recorded subclass of include Western Caribbean Creole^[9] and nation language^[10].

Use and Application

Components include Limonese Creole^[15], a creole^[28], in Costa Rica^[29]; Bocas del Toro Creole^[16], a dialect^[30], in Panama^[31]; and Moskitian Creole^[17], a language^[32], in Nicaragua^[33].

Why It Matters

Jamaican Patois ranks in the top 2% of creole entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,234 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[34] It is known by 79 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[35]