Definition of Patois. Meaning of Patois. Synonyms of Patois

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Definition of Patois

Patois
Patois Pa`tois", n. [F.] A dialect peculiar to the illiterate classes; a provincial form of speech. The jargon and patois of several provinces. --Sir T. Browne.

Meaning of Patois from wikipedia

- Look up patois in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Patois (/ˈpætwɑː/, pl. same or /ˈpætwɑːz/) is speech or language that is considered nonstandard, although...
- Jamaican Patois (/ˈpætwɑː/; locally rendered Patwah and called Jamaican Creole by linguists) is an English-based creole language with influences from West...
- Macanese patois (endonym: Patuá) is a Portuguese-based creole language with a substrate from Cantonese, Malay and Sinhala, which was originally spoken...
- The List of African words in Jamaican Patois notes down as many loan words in Jamaican Patois that can be traced back to specific African languages. Most...
- the country. A distinction exists between Jamaican English and Jamaican Patois (a creole language), though not entirely a sharp distinction so much as...
- A creole language, or simply creole, is a stable natural language that develops from the process of different languages simplifying and mixing into a new...
- the Toronto area. Th-stopping is a variable feature, likely adopted from Patois, for instance with words like youth, thing, and them colloquially spelled...
- such as reggae and ska, led to the emergence of slang rooted in Jamaican patois being used in the UK, setting the foundation for what would later become...
- Bocas del Toro Patois, or Panamanian Patois English, is a dialect of Jamaican Patois, an English-based creole, spoken in Bocas del Toro Province, Panama...
- Sheng is primarily a Swahili and English-based cant, perhaps a mixed language or creole, originating among the urban youth of Nairobi, Kenya, and influenced...