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Jamaican English, including Jamaican Standard English, is a variety of English native to Jamaica and is the official language of the country.[1] A distinction exists between Jamaican English and Jamaican Patois (a creole language), though not entirely a sharp distinction so much as a gradual continuum between two extremes.[2] Jamaican English tends to follow British English spelling conventions.[3]
^"Parish Profiles". Jamaica Information Service. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
^Peter L. Patrick (1999). Urban Jamaican Creole: Variation in the Mesolect. John Benjamins Publishing. ISBN 90-272-4875-3.
^Sand, A. (1999). Linguistic variation in Jamaica: A corpus-based study of radio and newspaper usage. Tübingen: G. Narr. ISBN 978-3-8233-4943-3.
JamaicanEnglish tends to follow British English spelling conventions. Jamaican Standard English is a type of International Standard English (English...
Jamaican Patois (/ˈpætwɑː/; locally rendered Patwah and called Jamaican Creole by linguists) is an English-based creole language with West African, Taíno...
Jamaican or jamaican in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Jamaican may refer to: Something or someone of, from, or related to the country of Jamaica Jamaicans...
Bernstein, Antje (2006). "English in Jamaica: The Coexistence of Standard JamaicanEnglish and the English-based Jamaican Creole". English Language and Literature...
born Jamaicans, as well as Caymanians of Jamaican origin, make up 26.8% of the population. Outside of Anglophone countries, the largest Jamaican diaspora...
British officials and the Jamaican upper class was reinforced in London, where the West India Committee lobbied for Jamaican interests. However, the property...
The prime minister of Jamaica (Jamaican Patois: Praim Minista a Jumieka) is Jamaica's head of government, currently Andrew Holness. Holness, as leader...
officials and the Jamaican upper class was reinforced in London, where the West India Committee lobbied for Jamaican interests. Jamaica's white or near-white...
Jamaican Maroons descend from Africans who freed themselves from slavery on the Colony of Jamaica and established communities of free black people in...
The parishes of Jamaica are the main units of local government in Jamaica. They were created following the English Invasion of Jamaica in 1655. This administrative...
Jamaican patties are typically seasoned with onions, garlic, thyme, oregano and chili peppers, especially the Scotch bonnet pepper. In non-Jamaican-based...
connection between Chinese Jamaicans and China, while simultaneously preparing Chinese Jamaican students for the Jamaican school system. The CBA continues...
of English and a local English-based creole, combining English and African languages. The most prominent varieties are JamaicanEnglish and Jamaican Creole...
money-changing. This success, however, led to a backlash. English-Jamaican merchants accused Jamaican Jews of coin clipping, a method of shaving off precious...
Jamaican Americans are an ethnic group of Caribbean Americans who have full or partial Jamaican ancestry. The largest proportions of Jamaican Americans...
current Jamaican monarch and head of state, since 8 September 2022, is King Charles III. As sovereign, he is the personal embodiment of the Jamaican Crown...
White Jamaicans (also known as European-Jamaicans) are Jamaican people whose ancestry lies within the continent of Europe, most notably Great Britain...
Jamaican(s) Adjective: Jamaican Afro-Jamaican List of cities and towns in Jamaica "A rich history of census taking". Statistical Institute of Jamaica...
arms trafficking in the early 1980s. Jamaican posses have links to the main Jamaican political parties, the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) and the People's...
and have developed locally. Popular Jamaican dishes include curry goat, fried dumplings, ackee and saltfish. Jamaican patties along with various pastries...
Irish people in Jamaica or Irish Jamaicans, are Jamaican citizens whose ancestors originated from Ireland. If counted separately, Irish people would be...
Factbook - Jamaica". Retrieved 29 July 2019. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Flags of Jamaica. Jamaican Flag on Jamaican government site Jamaica at Flags...
derivative called Jamaican Patois (pronounced patwa) which is the common dialect among Jamaican citizens. By far, the largest religion in Jamaica is the Christian...
an essential contributor to the Jamaican economy. Though manufacturing accounted for 13.9% of GDP in 1999. Jamaican companies contribute many manufactures...
British Jamaicans (or Jamaican British people) are British people who were born in Jamaica or who are of Jamaican descent. The community is well into...
restrictions index. Jamaica began issuing biometric passports, also known as e-passports, to Jamaican citizens on March 31, 2023. Jamaican passports contain...
at this time." Since the English lacked sufficient troops to prevent either the Spanish or French from seizing it, the Jamaican governors eventually turned...
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