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Language Comparison: Jamaican Patois vs Indonesian
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Aspect | Jamaican Patois | Indonesian |
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Family | Creole, English-based | Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian |
Speakers | Approximately 4 million | Approximately 210 million (native and second-language speakers) |
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. | A standard form of Malay, simplified grammar, extensive use of affixes, and highly influenced by trade and colonial history; serves as the official language of Indonesia and a lingua franca for its diverse population |
Countries | Jamaica (primary), and Jamaican diaspora communities in the United States, United Kingdom, and Canada | Indonesia |
Writing System | Latin script | Latin script |
Tonal | No | No |
Grammatical Cases | No, uses simplified grammar and word order | No, uses prepositions and affixes for grammatical relationships |
Derived From | 17th-century English, with significant contributions from West African languages | Classical Malay, influenced by Dutch, Arabic, Sanskrit, and Chinese |
Loanwords | From West African languages, Spanish, and English | From Sanskrit, Arabic, Dutch, Portuguese, Chinese, and English |
Dialects | Includes slight regional variations across Jamaica, but generally mutually intelligible. Influences from urban versus rural areas can be observed. | Indonesian itself is standardized, but many regional languages (e.g., Javanese, Sundanese, Minangkabau) influence spoken varieties |
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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