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'''Bocas del Toro Creole''', or '''Panamanian Creole English''', is a dialect of [[Jamaican Creole English]] spoken in [[Bocas del Toro Province]], [[Panama]]. Bocas del Toro Creole is a dialect of Jamaican Creole similar to Central American varieties such as [[Limón Coastal Creole]].<ref name=e17>{{Ethnologue17|jam|Jamaican Creole English}}</ref> It does not have the status of an official language. |
'''Bocas del Toro Creole''', or '''Panamanian Creole English''', is a dialect of [[Jamaican Creole English]] spoken in [[Bocas del Toro Province]], [[Panama]]. Bocas del Toro Creole is a dialect of Jamaican Creole similar to Central American varieties such as [[Limón Coastal Creole]].<ref name=e17>{{Ethnologue17|jam|Jamaican Creole English}}</ref> It does not have the status of an official language. |
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The native speakers of this dialect call it Guari-guari. It also goes by the names of [[Colón, Panama|Colón]] Creole and [[Rio Abajo]] Creole. It is a hybrid tongue of [[English language|English]] and [[Spanish language|Spanish]] with elements of the local [[Guaymí]] language of the [[Ngöbe Buglé people]]. |
The native speakers of this dialect call it Guari-guari.<ref name=FP>{{cite book|last=Schreck|first=Kristina|title=Frommer's Panama|date=2007|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|page=306|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=KLXgUJXWbGMC&pg=PA306&dq=bocas+del+toro+creole&hl=en&sa=X&ei=D649U7uSHfPNsQTf2YCwAQ&ved=0CE8Q6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=bocas%20del%20toro%20creole&f=false}}</ref> It also goes by the names of [[Colón, Panama|Colón]] Creole and [[Rio Abajo]] Creole. It is a hybrid tongue of [[English language|English]] and [[Spanish language|Spanish]] with elements of the local [[Guaymí]] language of the [[Ngöbe Buglé people]].<ref name=FP/> |
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Revision as of 18:59, 3 April 2014
| Bocas del Toro Creole | |
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| Panamanian Creole English | |
| Native to | Panama |
Native speakers | 270,000 (2000)[1] |
English creole
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| ISO 639-3 | – |
jam-pan | |
Bocas del Toro Creole, or Panamanian Creole English, is a dialect of Jamaican Creole English spoken in Bocas del Toro Province, Panama. Bocas del Toro Creole is a dialect of Jamaican Creole similar to Central American varieties such as Limón Coastal Creole.[1] It does not have the status of an official language.
The native speakers of this dialect call it Guari-guari.[2] It also goes by the names of Colón Creole and Rio Abajo Creole. It is a hybrid tongue of English and Spanish with elements of the local Guaymí language of the Ngöbe Buglé people.[2]
See also
References
- ^ a b Jamaican Creole English at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)
- ^ a b Schreck, Kristina (2007). Frommer's Panama. John Wiley & Sons. p. 306.
