Thanks. I know there are thousands of languages, but Jamaican is the only ‘patois’ I’ve encountered in wide discussion, so amn’t used to differentiating. It seems also to be an umbrella term, whereas Jamaican Patois is actually a creole language.
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red_bull_of_juarez@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 week agoTo clarify, patois is a generic term, as is creole, and can apply to any non-standardized language and is not specific to any particular location or group or language. That’s why it’s called “Jamaican patois” in the screenshot.
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AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 1 week ago
Don’t they spell the specific Jamaican language “Patwa”, to differentiate it from the idea of a patois in general?