Jamaican Patois

Summary

Jamaican Patois is a creole^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of creole entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,216 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's ISO 639-3 code is recorded as jam^[9].
• Jamaican Patois's GND ID is recorded as 4261727-3^[10].
• Jamaican Patois's subclass of is recorded as Western Caribbean Creole^[11].
• Jamaican Patois's subclass of is recorded as nation language^[12].
• Jamaican Patois's writing system is recorded as Latin script^[13].
• Jamaican Patois's writing system is recorded as Cassidy/JLU orthography^[14].
• Jamaican Patois's IETF language tag is recorded as jam^[15].
• Jamaican Patois's Commons category is recorded as Jamaican Patois^[16].
• Jamaican Patois's Wikimedia language code is recorded as jam^[17].
• Jamaican Patois's has part is recorded as Limonese Creole^[18].
• Jamaican Patois's has part is recorded as Bocas del Toro Creole^[19].
• Jamaican Patois's has part is recorded as Moskitian Creole^[20].
• Jamaican Patois's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 18, 'lon': -77}^[21].
• Jamaican Patois's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04ygk0^[22].
• Jamaican Patois's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Jamaican Patois^[23].
• Jamaican Patois's page banner is recorded as Jamaica banner.jpg^[24].
• Jamaican Patois's Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID is recorded as 300443666^[25].
• Jamaican Patois's number of speakers, writers, or signers is recorded as {'amount': '+3200000'}^[26].
• Jamaican Patois's OmegaWiki Defined Meaning is recorded as 730945^[27].

Why It Matters

Jamaican Patois ranks in the top 2% of creole entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,216 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 55 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]