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Jamaica: Loving the Language

Written byJanine Mendes-Franco

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Posted 14 November 2011 14:22 GMT

“The governor general of St Lucia, Dame Pearlette Louisy, gives part of her throne speech in Patois each year”: Jamaica Woman Tongue longs for the day that will happen in Jamaica, saying: “Patwa, Patois, dialect, Jamaican Creole or just plain Jamaican, whatever you call our local language, it has low social status.”

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