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Patwah en · PROPN

Meanings

  1. Synonym of Jamaican Creole.
    • To address the issues of class and race that are expressed/exemplified in Jamaica's dual-language system, Laws and Ford-Smith chose to have Letty speak mostly in patwah. 1989 May 6, Mara Math, “Boston's Women in Theatre Extravaganza”, in Gay Community News, page 6:

Forms

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Patwa alternative lexicographic
patois alternative lexicographic
patwah alternative lexicographic

Synonyms

Jamaican Creole

wikidata: Q35939