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How to Translate from Afar to Jamaican Patois
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Language Comparison: Afar vs Jamaican Patois
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Aspect | Afar | Jamaican Patois |
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Family | Afro-Asiatic | Creole, English-based |
Speakers | Approximately 2.7 million | Approximately 4 million |
Features | Spoken by the Afar people in the Horn of Africa, notable for its Cushitic roots | 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 | Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti | Jamaica (primary), and Jamaican diaspora communities in the United States, United Kingdom, and Canada |
Writing System | Latin script, previously used Arabic script | Latin script |
Tonal | No | No |
Grammatical Cases | No, but has extensive use of suffixes to indicate case functions | No, uses simplified grammar and word order |
Derived From | Part of the Cushitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family | 17th-century English, with significant contributions from West African languages |
Loanwords | From Arabic, Italian, and other local languages | From West African languages, Spanish, and English |
Dialects | There are variations but not distinctly categorized into widely recognized dialects | 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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