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Turks and Caicos Creole
Caicosian Patwah
Turks and Caicos Patwah
Native toTurks and Caicos Islands
Native speakers
49,309 (2023)[1]
English Creole
Official status
Regulated bynot regulated
Language codes
ISO 639-3tch
Glottologturk1310
Linguasphere52-ABB-ao

Turks and Caicos Creole, or Turks and Caicos Patwah, also called Caicosian Patwah, is an English-based creole spoken in the Turks and Caicos Islands; a West Indian territory in the Lucayan Archipelago.

The Turks and Caicos Island Creole variety has not been thoroughly studied, but is a dialect of Jamaican Patwah which shares many of the same words such as Aks (Ask), Dis (This), Gyal (Girl), and Mosi (Must be);[2] which is due to the fact that the Turks and Caicos Islands were formally a part of Jamaica for over 114 years (1848 - 1962), and shares a common Cromanty heritage with Jamaica.[3][4][5] Caicosian Patwah has also been influenced by Bermudian Creole English, as the islands were initially settled by Bermudian salt-rakers following the Taíno genocide and British colonization, and were a de facto part of Bermuda for over 126 years (1673 - 1799).[6][7] The language is also reportedly mutually intelligible with Bahamian Creole and as of (2023) the number of speakers of Caicosian Patwah is approximately 49,309.[8][9]

Words

Word Meaning
Aks * Ask
Chile Used to represent emphasis on a sentence (well chile he een tell mi nuttin bout dat)
Chyl / Chyln ** Child / Children
Dis * This
Een ** aren't (They een goin today), or isn't (That een right), or don't (I een no nuttin bout dat), or haven't
Gyal * Girl
Kech * Catch
Kottarugl * Dance
Mesple Mammee apple
Mosi * Must be
Ripsaw Mento[10] / Burru[11]
Scotch Burn / Scratch
Switcha Lemonade / Limeade / Soft drink
Tingz * Things
Tarekly Tomorrow
Val / Vel ** Well (usually the 'W' and 'V' are exchanged with each other, e.g. vednesday: Wednesday, weil: veil)

[12][13][14][15]

(Shared: Turks & Caicos / Jamaican Patwah) *


(Shared: Turks & Caicos / Bermudian Patwah) **

See also

Further reading

  • Cassidy, Frederic G. (2007). Jamaica Talk: Three Hundred Years of the English Language in Jamaica. Kingston: University Press of the West Indies. ISBN 978-9-7664017-0-2.
  • Cassidy, F. G., Le Page, R. B. (2009). Dictionary of Jamaican English (Second ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-5211184-0-8.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  • Chang, Larry (2014). Biesik Jumiekan: Introduction to Jamaican Language. Washington DC: Gnosophia Publishers (Chuu Wod imprint). ISBN 978-0-9773391-8-1.
  • Cutler, Cecilia (2003). English in the Turks and Caicos Islands: A look at Grand Turk. In Contact Englishes of the Eastern Caribbean: G30 (Varieties of English Around the World). Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company. ISBN 97-8-90272489-0-9.

References

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  1. ^ Turks and Caicos Creole at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Cassidy, F. G., Le Page, R. B. (2007). Dictionary of Jamaican English. (Second ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 253, 305.
  3. ^ Lucas, C. P. (1905). ″A Historical Geography of the British Colonies.″ Vol. 2. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 134.
  4. ^ Cawley, Charles (2015). ″Colonies in Conflict: The History of the British Overseas Territories.″ Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing. pp. 323 - 326.
  5. ^ Keegan, William F., Hofman, Corinne L. (2017). ″The Caribbean before Columbus.″ Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 151 - 195.
  6. ^ "Gold Bermudians - The Unheard Voice of Mary Prince". In Her Words - The Unheard Voice of Mary Prince. Dr. Dana Selassie. 2024. Retrieved 2024-08-07.
  7. ^ Cawley, Charles (2015). ″Colonies in Conflict: The History of the British Overseas Territories.″ Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing. pp. 315 - 320.
  8. ^ "Statistics Department | Government of the Turks and Caicos Islands". www.gov.tc. Archived from the original on 27 February 2019. Retrieved 2024-03-05.
  9. ^ Ethnologue report for Turks and Caicos Creole English
  10. ^ "Me and the Kingston Drummers(my drummer bros)". Kingston Drummers. Clarky di handdrummist. 2020. Retrieved 2023-04-13.
  11. ^ "Drummers link up in maroon town Portland, Jamaica". Portland Drummers. Clarky di handdrummist. 2020. Retrieved 2023-04-13.
  12. ^ "Jamaican Patwah Dictionary - Learn Patwah".
  13. ^ "Bermemes - Learn Bermudian words and phrases".
  14. ^ "Bermewjan Vurds".
  15. ^ "The Caribbean Dictionary".

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