As Jamaica continues to loosen its ties with the British monarchy, momentum is building to make Patois the country's official language alongside English. The proposal was recently floated by the ...

Shatta Wale, in a video, explained why he failed to speak patois during his conversations ... Ghanaians for his inability to speak the Jamaican patois language. The SM boss recently visited ...

Many Jamaicans speak “patois” or Jamaican creole in addition to Caribbean Standard English. The following patois words and phrases appear in this report: battyman: “Batty” is slang ...

This love of reggae has also had a cultural bearing on the language: it is not hard these days to hear Ghanaians talking a little Jamaican Patois, which is different from Pidgin English ...

He also spent over a year immersing himself in Jamaican Patois, or English-based Creole. He viewed it not just as a dialect, but as a language, which he said was supported by a team of seven to ...

English is Jamaica's official language. However, Jamaican Patois is a widely spoken dialect in the country. Jamaican Patois combines elements of English, Spanish, Portuguese, African languages, and ...