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Jamaican Patois | Kiga | |
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Family | Creole, English-based | Niger-Congo, Bantu |
Speakers | Approximately 4 million | Approximately 1.6 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. | A Bantu language closely related to Rukiga and Runyankore; known for its noun class system, tonal distinctions, and rich oral tradition. |
Countries | Jamaica (primary), and Jamaican diaspora communities in the United States, United Kingdom, and Canada | Uganda (primarily in the Kigezi region, southwestern Uganda) |
Writing System | Latin script | Latin script |
Tonal | No | Yes, tones are used to distinguish meaning |
Grammatical Cases | No, uses simplified grammar and word order | No, uses noun class prefixes and concords |
Derived From | 17th-century English, with significant contributions from West African languages | Proto-Bantu |
Loanwords | From West African languages, Spanish, and English | From English, Swahili, and Luganda |
Dialects | Includes slight regional variations across Jamaica, but generally mutually intelligible. Influences from urban versus rural areas can be observed. | Kiga is closely related to Runyankore, and the two are sometimes considered dialects of a single language, though they are distinct in pronunciation and vocabulary. |
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, R, S, T, U, W, Y, Z |
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