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patois in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Patois (/ˈpætwɑː/, pl. same or /ˈpætwɑːz/) is
speech or
language that is
considered nonstandard, although...
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Jamaican Patois (/ˈpætwɑː/;
locally rendered Patwah and
called Jamaican Creole by linguists) is an English-based
creole language with West African, Taíno...
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Macanese patois,
known as patuá to its speakers, is a Portuguese-based
creole language with a
substrate from Cantonese,
Malay and Sinhala,
which was originally...
- the country. A
distinction exists between Jamaican English and
Jamaican Patois (a
creole language),
though not
entirely a
sharp distinction so much as...
- The List of
African words in
Jamaican Patois notes down as many loan
words in
Jamaican Patois that can be
traced back to
specific African languages. Most...
- the
Toronto area. Th-stopping is a
variable feature,
likely adopted from
Patois, for
instance with
words like youth, thing, and them
colloquially spelled...
- A
creole language, or
simply creole, is a
stable natural language that
develops from the
process of
different languages simplifying and
mixing into a new...
- such as
reggae and ska, led to the
emergence of
slang rooted in
Jamaican patois being used in the UK,
setting the
foundation for what
would later become...
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Sheng is
primarily a
Swahili and English-based cant,
perhaps a
mixed language or creole,
originating among the
urban youth of Nairobi, Kenya, and influenced...
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persons are
united under the love of Jah. Also in the Twi
language (in
which patois uses a lot of Twi loan words) of Ghana, Me ne me is also said,
which literally...
