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  2. Iyaric - Wikipedia

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    Iyaric's lexical departure from the pronominal system of Jamaican Creole is one of the dialect's defining features. [5] [6] Linguistics researcher Benjamin Slade comments that Jamaican Creole and Standard English pronoun forms are all acceptable in Iyaric, but speakers almost always use the I-form of first-person pronouns, while I-form usage for second-person pronouns is less frequent. [5]

  3. Jamaican Patois - Wikipedia

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    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 West African, Taíno, Irish, Scots, Scottish Gaelic, Spanish, Hindustani, Portuguese, Chinese, and German influences, spoken primarily in ...

  4. Irish people in Jamaica - Wikipedia

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    Notable Jamaicans of Irish descent. Bromley Armstrong, black Canadian civil rights leader. Sir Alexander Bustamante, national hero and first prime minister of Jamaica. Donald J. Harris, Jamaican and American economist. Kamala Harris. John Hearne, novelist, journalist, and teacher. Claude McKay, poet laureate.

  5. Irie - Wikipedia

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    Irie is a feminine given name, the diminutive or pet form of Iris. Irie (surname) D-Irie, German rapper (b. 1981) Elysée Irié Bi Séhi, Ivorian soccer player (b. 1989) Irie Love, American reggae singer (b. 1985) Irie may also refer to: Irie, a word in Jamaican Patois and Rastafarian English (see Iyaric) Irie Maffia, Hungarian band formed in 2005.

  6. List of Jamaican Patois words of African origin - Wikipedia

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    Accompong. Akan. Acheampong (the name of Nanny and her brother who founded the town Accompong Town, or Acheampong Krom) Ashanti surname, which means destined for greatness. Ackee, akeee. Akan. Ánkyẽ. "a type of food/fruit", "cashew fruits" [1] Adopi.

  7. Jamaican English - Wikipedia

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    Jamaican Standard English is a type of International Standard English (English language in England). There are several language varieties that have significantly impacted this dialect of English. English was introduced into Jamaica in 1655, [4] because of the colonisation by Britain. British English was spread through post-primary education ...

  8. Caribbean English - Wikipedia

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    Caribbean English (CE, [note 3] CarE) is a set of dialects of the English language which are spoken in the Caribbean and most countries on the Caribbean coasts of Central America and South America. Caribbean English is influenced by, but is distinct to the English-based creole languages spoken in the region. Though dialects of Caribbean English ...

  9. Category:Languages of Jamaica - Wikipedia

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    Yoruba language. Categories: Languages of the Caribbean by country. Culture of Jamaica. Languages by country. Hidden category: Automatic category TOC generates no TOC.