![]() ![]() The English language was spoken by the slaveholders: British English, Scots, and Hiberno-English. Patois developed in the 17th century when slaves from West and Central Africa were exposed to, learned, and nativized the vernacular and dialectal forms during the Middle Passage. Spoken primarily in Jamaica and among the Jamaican diaspora it is spoken by the majority of Jamaicans as a native language. A majority of non-English loan words are of Akan Ashanti origin. ![]() Jamaican Patois, known locally as Patois (Patwa or Patwah) and called Jamaican Creole by linguists, is an English-based creole language with West African influences. *Jamaican Creole is celebrated on this date in 1692. ![]()
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