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patois in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Patois (/ˈpætwɑː/, pl. same or /ˈpætwɑːz/) is
speech or
language that is
considered nonstandard, although...
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Jamaican Patois (/ˈpætwɑː/;
locally rendered Patwah and
called Jamaican Creole by linguists) is an English-based
creole language with
influences from West...
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Macanese patois (endonym: Patuá) is a Portuguese-based
creole language with a
substrate from Cantonese,
Malay and Sinhala,
which was
originally spoken...
- the country. A
distinction exists between Jamaican English and
Jamaican Patois (a
creole language),
though not
entirely a
sharp distinction so much as...
- 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, the...
- the
Toronto area. Th-stopping is a
variable feature,
likely adopted from
Patois, for
instance with
words like youth, thing, and them
colloquially spelled...
- 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...
- 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...
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government of
France on its
minorities whose native language was
deemed a
patois,
where a
Romance language spoken in the
country other than
Standard French...
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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...
