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How to Translate from Madurese to Jamaican Patois
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Language Comparison: Madurese vs Jamaican Patois
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Aspect | Madurese | Jamaican Patois |
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Family | Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian | Creole, English-based |
Speakers | Approximately 13.5 million | Approximately 4 million |
Features | A language with distinct phonetic features, such as a reduced vowel inventory and a preference for glottal stops; it exhibits a high degree of mutual unintelligibility with Javanese despite geographic proximity. | 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 | Indonesia (primarily on Madura Island and in parts of East Java, including Surabaya and surrounding areas) | Jamaica (primary), and Jamaican diaspora communities in the United States, United Kingdom, and Canada |
Writing System | Latin script (modern use), previously Javanese and Pegon scripts (Arabic-derived script) | Latin script |
Tonal | No | No |
Grammatical Cases | No, uses prepositions and affixes to mark relationships | No, uses simplified grammar and word order |
Derived From | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | 17th-century English, with significant contributions from West African languages |
Loanwords | From Javanese, Sanskrit, Arabic, and Dutch | From West African languages, Spanish, and English |
Dialects | Includes Bangkalan, Sumenep, and Pamekasan dialects, with significant lexical and phonological differences | 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, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, R, S, T, U, W, 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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