Bocas del Toro Creole

Bocas del Toro Patois
Bocas del Toro Patois
Panamanian Patois English
Native to	Panama
Native speakers	270,000 (2000)
Language family	English creole Atlantic Western Jamaican Patois Bocas del Toro Patois; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
Linguist List	jam-pan
Glottolog	None

Bocas del Toro Patois, or Panamanian Patois English, is a dialect of Jamaican Patois spoken in Bocas del Toro Province, Panama. Bocas del Toro Patois is a dialect of Jamaican Patois similar to Central American varieties such as Limón Coastal Patois.^[1] It does not have the status of an official language.

References

^ ^a ^b Jamaican Patois English (Panama) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

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[e18-1] Jamaican Patois English (Panama) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

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v t e Languages of Panama
Official language	Spanish	Panama portal
Indigenous languages	Guaymí Kuna Northern Embera Teribe
Creole languages	Bocas del Toro
Sign languages	Panamanian Sign Language Chiriquí Sign Language

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