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Acholi | Jamaican Patois | |
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Family | Nilo-Saharan | Creole, English-based |
Speakers | Approximately 1.5 million | Approximately 4 million |
Features | Spoken by the Acholi people in the Northern region of Uganda and parts of South Sudan | A creole language derived from English, West African languages, and influences from Spanish and Portuguese; characterized by simplified grammar, phonetic spelling, and a rich oral tradition. |
Countries | Uganda, South Sudan | Jamaica (primary), and Jamaican diaspora communities in the United States, United Kingdom, and Canada |
Writing System | Latin script | Latin script |
Tonal | Yes, tonal language with variations in pitch affecting meaning | No |
Grammatical Cases | No, but uses noun classes | No, uses simplified grammar and word order |
Derived From | Part of the Western Nilotic branch of the Nilo-Saharan language family | 17th-century English, with significant contributions from West African languages |
Loanwords | From Arabic, English, and other local languages | From West African languages, Spanish, and English |
Dialects | Minor variations across different Acholi-speaking regions | Includes slight regional variations across Jamaica, but generally mutually intelligible. Influences from urban versus rural areas can be observed. |
Alphabets | A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z | A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z |
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