| Bocas del Toro Patois | |
|---|---|
| Panamanian Patois English | |
| Native to | Panama |
| Native speakers | 270,000 (2000) |
| 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. It does not have the status of an official language. It was pejoratively known as "guari-guari."
See also
References
- ^ 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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