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  2. Caribbean - Wikipedia

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    The Oxford Online Dictionaries claim the stress on the second syllable is the most common pronunciation in the Caribbean itself, but according to the Dictionary of Caribbean English Usage, the most common pronunciation in Caribbean English stresses the first syllable instead, / ˈ k ær ɪ b i æ n / (KARR-ih-bee-an). [4] [23]

  3. List of adjectival and demonymic forms for countries and nations

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    So can those ending in -ch / -tch (e.g. "the French", "the Dutch") provided they are pronounced with a 'ch' sound (e.g. the adjective Czech does not qualify). Many place-name adjectives and many demonyms are also used for various other things, sometimes with and sometimes without one or more additional words.

  4. List of adjectival and demonymic forms of place names

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    Adjectives ending -ish can be used as collective demonyms (e.g. the English, the Cornish). So can those ending in -ch / -tch (e.g. the French, the Dutch) provided they are pronounced with a 'ch' sound (e.g., the adjective Czech does not qualify). Where an adjective is a link, the link is to the language or dialect of the same name.

  5. Dictionary of Caribbean English Usage - Wikipedia

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    The Dictionary of Caribbean English Usage, abbreviated DCEU, is a dictionary of Caribbean English, compiled by the University of the West Indies lecturer, Richard Allsopp, and first published by Oxford University Press in 1996. It is deemed a landmark publication, being the first regional dictionary for the Commonwealth Caribbean. [n 1]

  6. Bahamian English - Wikipedia

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    The standard for official use and education is largely British-based with regard to spelling, vocabulary, and pronunciation. [1] However, Bahamian English also contains a unique pronunciation system and certain vocabulary, along a scale with the local Bahamian (Creole) dialect .

  7. 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.

  8. 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 influences from West African, Arawak, Spanish and other languages, spoken primarily in Jamaica and among the Jamaican diaspora.

  9. Bajan English - Wikipedia

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    Barbadian English is fully rhotic and full of glottal stops.One example of Barbadian English would be the pronunciation of departments, which is [dɪˈpaːɹʔmənʔs].It is also notable, in comparison with standard American or British English, for the first vowel in price or prize.