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Jamaican Patois | Alur | |
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Family | Creole, English-based | Nilo-Saharan |
Speakers | Approximately 4 million | Approximately 2 million |
Features | 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. | Spoken by the Alur people in Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo |
Countries | Jamaica (primary), and Jamaican diaspora communities in the United States, United Kingdom, and Canada | Uganda, Democratic Republic of the Congo |
Writing System | Latin script | Latin script |
Tonal | No | Yes, tonal language where pitch can affect meaning |
Grammatical Cases | No, uses simplified grammar and word order | No, but uses noun classes and verb conjugations to express grammatical relationships |
Derived From | 17th-century English, with significant contributions from West African languages | Part of the Western Nilotic branch of the Nilo-Saharan language family |
Loanwords | From West African languages, Spanish, and English | From Swahili, English, and other local languages |
Dialects | Includes slight regional variations across Jamaica, but generally mutually intelligible. Influences from urban versus rural areas can be observed. | Minor regional variations but largely mutually intelligible across Alur-speaking areas |
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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