patois
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English
Definitions
noun
- A regional dialect of a language (especially French); usually considered substandard.
- Any of various French or Occitan dialects spoken in France.
- Creole French in the Caribbean (especially in Dominica, St. Lucia, Trinidad and Tobago and Haiti).
- Jamaican Patois, a Jamaican creole language primarily based on English and African languages but also has influences from Spanish, Portuguese and Hindi.
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Synonyms
Jamaicanvernacularlingojargonslangcantargotprovincialismprovençalparalectpatrilectpseudo-englishparleyvooportuguesismprovencalpatavinitybasilect