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How to Translate from Ligurian to Jamaican Patois
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Language Comparison: Ligurian vs Jamaican Patois
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Aspect | Ligurian | Jamaican Patois |
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Family | Indo-European, Romance | Creole, English-based |
Speakers | Approximately 500,000 (including partial speakers and those using it as a second language) | Approximately 4 million |
Features | A Gallo-Italic language distinct from Standard Italian, with notable French and Occitan influences; characterized by its melodic intonation and unique vocabulary | 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 | Italy (primarily in Liguria), Monaco, parts of southern France, and Ligurian-speaking communities worldwide | Jamaica (primary), and Jamaican diaspora communities in the United States, United Kingdom, and Canada |
Writing System | Latin script | Latin script |
Tonal | No | No |
Grammatical Cases | No, uses prepositions and word order instead | No, uses simplified grammar and word order |
Derived From | Vulgar Latin, influenced by Celtic and Ligurian substrata | 17th-century English, with significant contributions from West African languages |
Loanwords | From French, Occitan, and Italian | From West African languages, Spanish, and English |
Dialects | Includes Genoese (the most prominent), Intemelio, and Spezzino, with lexical and phonological differences among regions | 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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Language Facts:
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