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26 January 2011

Jamaican Patois Edition

The University of the West Indies in Kingston is having the Christian Bible translated into Jamaican patois. Although based on English, the West African pronounciation and variant grammar and spelling make it sound like another language. With the rise of Singlish and Hinglish, could this text be a glimpse of Europe's future, rather than an emblem of the island's divergence from Britain and convergence with West Africa? Read my article here.

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