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The people of Jamaica use(d) this form of language as a form of rebellion against the slave owners. They do not use perfect English. This language can not be easily defined as Creole of English or African dialect.

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Jamaican Patois is spoken in Jamaica. The official language of Jamaica is not Jamaican Patois even though over ninety percent of the population speaks it and it is widely spoken in Jamaica. The official language of Jamaica is Jamaican Standard English even though it is not widely as widely spoken in Jamaica as Jamaican Patois/ Jamaican Creole.

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Jamaican people speak Jamaican Patois. Over ninety percent of the population of Jamaica speaks Jamaican Patois. Many people where brought to Jamaica as Slaves between 1655 and 1807 from mostly from west Africa and after the abolition of slavery in 1834, people where brought to Jamaica from other countries to work and find new ways for Jamaica to make money other that sugar. The population of Jamaica today is 92% Black African decent. 3.4%  east Indians and African-East Indians. 3.2% Caucasians and 1% Chinese and African-Chinese.

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Jamaican Patois developed to help bring about the "seasoning method" which was basically making slaves forget about their cultural identity and even their mother languages. Jamaican Patois was used primarily so slave owners and slaves could have some form of communication.

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Jamaican Patois is different than English

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Jamaican Patois is different than English

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The language of Jamaican Patois has a totally different kind of grammar. Their pronunciation is much different and seems really difficult for other language speakers. Below is an example of the different types of pronunciation of the Jamaican Patois alphabet verses the English alphabet.

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You can easily tell if a person is Jamaican because they approach with greetings such as "Wha Gwan" instead of saying Hello. The term "Wha Gwan" sounds like What's going on and has the same meaning as that phrase. Jamaican patois is a lot like broken English /Pidgin English, which is often time spoken in more rural areas.

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Jamaican patois includes many terms that sound very similar to what they are trying to say in proper "English". For example, boy is  pronounced "bwoy", father is pronounced as "fadda", and mother is pronounced as "madda". Jamaican patois is extremely similar to broken English and not too far away from proper English.

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American Learns To Speak Jamaican Patois ft. JkissaMakeup | Donalee Curtis

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Ruby MaddenThe Historical and Culture Aspects of Jamaican Patois Summary

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Ruby MaddenThe Historical and Culture Aspects of Jamaican Patois Summary

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This article talks about the variety of Jamaican Patios. It talks about the different cultures along with its historical context of it. For example, in the article, it states that “The true Jamaican language does not have a name” (Madden). This article also says that the language itself is another English Dialect and “is in fact a linguistic system separate from English with distinguishing factors in its lose structure, popularity and roots in slavery (McLaren 2009)(Chacon 2001)” (Madden). Finally, in this article, it talks about the different pronunciations of certain words we say, like “Deze – these”, and “Dem walk – they walked”.