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Language Comparison: Jamaican Patois vs Romani
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Aspect | Jamaican Patois | Romani |
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Family | Creole, English-based | Indo-European, Indo-Aryan |
Speakers | Approximately 4 million | Approximately 3.5 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. | Rich oral tradition, significant dialectal variation, retains features of Old Indo-Aryan languages with influences from European languages |
Countries | Jamaica (primary), and Jamaican diaspora communities in the United States, United Kingdom, and Canada | Spoken by Romani communities across Europe, Turkey, and diaspora communities worldwide |
Writing System | Latin script | Latin script (commonly), also Cyrillic in some regions |
Tonal | No | No |
Grammatical Cases | No, uses simplified grammar and word order | Yes, typically nominative, accusative, genitive, and dative; varies by dialect |
Derived From | 17th-century English, with significant contributions from West African languages | Early Central Indo-Aryan languages |
Loanwords | From West African languages, Spanish, and English | From Greek, Slavic languages, Romanian, German, and other regional languages |
Dialects | Includes slight regional variations across Jamaica, but generally mutually intelligible. Influences from urban versus rural areas can be observed. | Includes Vlax Romani, Balkan Romani, Carpathian Romani, and others, with significant variation in vocabulary and grammar |
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, Č, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, R, S, Š, T, U, V, Z, Ž |
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Language Facts:
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