Most words in Jamaican patois, like other English Caribbean patois, are English words filtered through a distinct phonetic system with fewer vowels and different consonant sounds. Patois is written ...

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Kingsley Ben-Adir can currently be seen portraying late Reggae icon Bob Marley in the biopic One Love. Now that production is over and the cast is promoting the Reinaldo Marcus Green-directed film, ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica -- Was reggae icon Bob Marley singing entirely in English when he recorded his classic "Trench Town Rock"? Linguists say no -- the Jamaican singer was using patois, a mixture of ...

As Jamaica moves ahead with plans to cut ties to the British monarchy, omentum is building to make Patois Jamaica’s official language, on par with English. KINGSTON, Jamaica — Walk into any government ...

ONE day, the Patois language of Trinidad and Tobago could be gone forever. Once prevalent throughout Trinidad, Patois (French Creole) is now spoken mainly by elders in rural areas who have not been ...

As a Torontonian, it’s not unusual to see white guys shake hands while greeting each other with a, wa gwaan? I wouldn’t say I particularly enjoy witnessing this — actually, it can feel quite painful — ...

Diversity matters, even when it comes in the form of a doll. With research that shows dolls with unrealistically thin bodies have had negative effects on young girls’ self-esteem, a movement has ...

I recently heard Japan-based bilingualism author Adam Beck explain one of his reasons for raising his children bilingual: “I wanted them to know me, at the deepest level…and I felt like if I was going ...

A scene of Brad Pitt speaking Jamaican patois during Meet Joe Black has gone viral more than 25 years after the movie's release—and it might not be for the reason the actor hoped. In the film, Pitt ...