List_of_Jamaican_Patois_words_of_African_origin

List of Jamaican Patois words of African origin

List of Jamaican Patois words of African origin

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The List of African words in Jamaican Patois notes down as many loan words in Jamaican Patois that can be traced back to specific African languages. Most of these African words have arrived in Jamaica through the enslaved Africans that were transported there in the era of the Atlantic slave trade.

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