Bocas del Toro Patois
Panamanian Patois English
Native toPanama
Native speakers
270,000 (2000)[1]
English creole
Language codes
ISO 639-3–
jam-pan
GlottologNone
IETFjam-PA

Bocas del Toro Patois, or Panamanian Patois English, is a dialect of Jamaican Patois, an English-based creole, spoken in Bocas del Toro Province, Panama. It is similar to Central American varieties such as Limonese Creole.[1] It does not have the status of an official language. It was pejoratively known as "guari-guari."[2]

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References

  1. ^ a b Jamaican Patois English (Panama) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Herzfeld, Anita. "Limon Creole and Panamanian Creole: Comparison and Contrast" (PDF). kuscholarworks.ku.edu. Retrieved 2023-08-03.


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