Cagney with his younger brother, mother and maternal great-grandparents (Credit: Idris Veitch and Wilfred Limonious Around the world, people of Jamaican heritage are starting to reconnect with the ...

The question of whether modern information technology has a positive or negative effect on global language diversity has been debated since the very beginning of the global online conversation. On the ...

Most words in Jamaican patois, like other English Caribbean patois, are English words filtered through a distinct phonetic system with fewer vowels and different consonant sounds. Patois is written ...

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Chet Hanks is defending his use of speaking in a Jamaican patois in a chaotic Clubhouse appearance. Tom Hanks' son has made controversial headlines recently for speaking with a Jamaican accent despite ...

As Jamaica continues to loosen its ties with the British monarchy, momentum is building to make Patois the country's official language alongside English. The proposal was recently floated by the ...

A Hollywood name in her own right, Cristina Patwa worked with the likes of J.J. Abrams, Angelina Jolie, and Brad Pitt before tapping into her Filipino heritage to launch Enroot, a Los Angeles-based ...

Former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister and seasoned BJP leader Sunderlal Patwa died in Bhopal today after suffering a heart attack in the morning. He was 92. Following the stroke, Mr Patwa was rushed to ...

The Rev Courtney Stewart reads extracts of the "Jiizas buk" The Bible is, for the first time, being translated into Jamaican patois. It's a move welcomed by those Jamaicans who want their mother ...

Around the world, people of Jamaican heritage are starting to reconnect with the island's powerful language – and its complex history. "Check di English bwoy dem try fi speak Patwa" – "Check these ...

The Bible is, for the first time, being translated into Jamaican patois. It's a move welcomed by those Jamaicans who want their mother tongue enshrined as the national language - but opposed by others ...