OLAC resources in and about the Jamaican Creole English language

ISO 639-3: jam

The combined catalog of all OLAC participants contains the following resources that are relevant to this language:

• Primary texts
• Lexical resources
• Language descriptions
• Other resources about the language

Other known names and dialect names: Bongo Talk, Limón Creole English, Panamanian Creole English, Patois, Patwa, Quashie Talk, Southwestern Caribbean Creole English

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Primary texts

1. Understanding Jamaican patois : an introduction to Afro-Jamaican grammar. Adams, L. Emilie, 1941-. 1991. Kingston, Jamaica : Kingston Publishers Limited. oai:gial.edu:27103

Lexical resources

1. ONLINECrúbadán language data for Jamaican Creole English. Kevin Scannell. 2018. The Crúbadán Project. oai:crubadan.org:jam
2. Dictionary of Jamaican English. Cassidy, Frederic Gomes, 1907-; Le Page, R. B. (Robert Brock), 1920-2006. 1980. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press. oai:gial.edu:28114
3. ONLINEJamaican Creole – English Dictionary. Gayle, Bertram (compiler). 2020. SIL International. oai:sil.org:85102
4. ONLINEJamaican Creole - English Dictionary. n.a. 2020-01-15. SIL Global. oai:webonary.org:116

Language descriptions

1. ONLINEAPiCS Online Resources for Jamaican. n.a. 2020. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. oai:apics-online.info:8
2. Understanding Jamaican patois : an introduction to Afro-Jamaican grammar. Adams, L. Emilie, 1941-. 1991. Kingston, Jamaica : Kingston Publishers Limited. oai:gial.edu:27103
3. ONLINEGlottolog 5.2 Resources for Jamaican Creole English. n.a. 2025. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. oai:glottolog.org:jama1262
4. ONLINEPHOIBLE 2.0 phonemic inventories for Jamaican Creole English. n.a. 2019. Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History. oai:phoible.org:jama1262
5. ONLINEWALS Online Resources for Jamaican Creole. n.a. 2024. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. oai:wals.info:jcr

Other resources about the language

1. ONLINEJamaican Creole syntax. A transformational approach. Bailey, Beryl Loftman. 1966. University Press. oai:refdb.wals.info:3422
2. ONLINEJamaican Creole English: a language of Jamaica. n.a. 2018. SIL International. oai:ethnologue.com:jam
3. ONLINELINGUIST List Resources for Creole English, Jamaican. Damir Cavar, eLinguistics Foundation Board Member (editor); Malgorzata E. Cavar, Director of Linguist List (editor). 2022-05-31. The LINGUIST List (www.linguistlist.org). oai:linguistlist.org:lang_jam
4. ONLINEAre the goals and objectives of Jamaica's Bilingual Education Project being met?. Morren, Ronald C.; Morren, Diane. 2007. SIL International. oai:sil.org:7822

Other known names and dialect names: Bongo Talk, Limón Creole English, Panamanian Creole English, Patois, Patwa, Quashie Talk, Southwestern Caribbean Creole English

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