Jumiekan

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Jamaican Creole[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Cognate to English Jamaican.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒʌˈmʲeːkan/, /d͡ʒaˈmʲeːkan/
  • Hyphenation: Ju‧mie‧kan

Adjective[edit]

Jumiekan

  1. Jamaican

Noun[edit]

Jumiekan (plural Jumiekan dem, quantified Jumiekan)

  1. Jamaican (person)
    Synonym: Jumiekan piipl (in plural)

Noun[edit]

Jumiekan

  1. Jamaican, Jamaican Creole (creole language)
    Synonyms: Jamiekan, Jamiekan Kriyuol, Jumiekan Kryuol, Patwa

Related terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • Larry Chang: Biesik Jumiekan. Introduction to Jamaican Language, published by: Gnosophia Publishers, 2014 (Jamaican and English)
  • Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment – The Jamaican New Testament, published by: The Bible Society of the West Indies, 2012 (the Bible text without introduction etc. is also online at bible.com)
  • Writing Jamaican the Jamaican Way / Ou fi Rait Jamiekan, by: The Jamaican Language Unit (JLU) / Di Jamiekan Langwij Yuunit, and published by: Arawak publications, 2009 (English)
  • Jumiekan at majstro.com
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