Bocas del Toro Creole
Jamaican Patois dialect of Panama
| Bocas del Toro Patois | |
|---|---|
| Panamanian Patois English | |
| Native to | Panama |
Native speakers | 270,000 (2000)[1] |
Language family | English creole
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
Linguist List | jam-pan |
| Glottolog | None |
| IETF | jam-PA |
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. It is similar to Central American varieties such as Limonese Creole.[1] It does not have the status of an official language. It was pejoratively known as "guari-guari."[2]
See also
- Jamaican Patois
- Bajan Creole
- English-based creoles
References
- ^ a b Jamaican Patois English (Panama) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Herzfeld, Anita. "Limon Creole and Panamanian Creole: Comparison and Contrast" (PDF). kuscholarworks.ku.edu. Retrieved 2023-08-03.
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