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Jamaican English, including Jamaican Standard English, is the 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]
Female patois speaker saying two sentences A Jamaican Patois speaker discussing the usage of the language. Jamaican Patois (/ ˈ p æ t w ɑː /; locally rendered Patwah and called Jamaican Creole by linguists) is an English-based creole language with influences from West African, Arawak, Spanish and other languages, spoken primarily in Jamaica and among the Jamaican diaspora.
Caribbean English accents and pronunciation are variable within and across sub-dialects. For instance, Barbadian English is fully rhotic , while Jamaican English is not. [ 11 ] Further, within Jamaican English, h -dropping is common in some social classes, but uncommon in others. [ 12 ]
The International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) can be used to represent sound correspondences among various accents and dialects of the English language. These charts give a diaphoneme for each sound, followed by its realization in different dialects. The symbols for the diaphonemes are given in bold, followed by their most common phonetic values.
With Disney’s beloved sports comedy “Cool Runnings” celebrating its 30th anniversary this month, director Jon Turteltaub and the cast reunited for an interview with The Independent and ...
Semi-rhotic accents have also been studied, such as Jamaican English, in which r is pronounced (as in even non-rhotic accents) before vowels, but also in stressed monosyllables or stressed syllables at the ends of words (e.g. in "car" or "dare"). It is not pronounced at the end of unstressed syllables (e.g. in "water") or before consonants (e.g ...
In an infamous moment from the May 10, 2003, episode hosted by Brody, the actor wore a wig of dreadlocks and spoke in an exaggerated Jamaican accent as he introduced the night's musical guest ...
The Brummie accent (from Birmingham), which was deemed to sound the most likely to be criminal in a similar 1997 study, came out better in this research compared to Bradford, Bristol, Liverpool ...