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Language Comparison: Japanese vs Jamaican Patois
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Aspect | Japanese | Jamaican Patois |
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Family | Japonic | Creole, English-based |
Speakers | Approximately 128 million | Approximately 4 million |
Features | Characterized by a complex honorific system reflecting social hierarchy | A creole language derived from English, West African languages, and influences from Spanish and Portuguese; characterized by simplified grammar, phonetic spelling, and a rich oral tradition. |
Countries | Primarily Japan | Jamaica (primary), and Jamaican diaspora communities in the United States, United Kingdom, and Canada |
Writing System | Combination of three scripts: Kanji (Chinese characters), Hiragana, and Katakana | Latin script |
Tonal | No, but pitch accent is present | No |
Grammatical Cases | Yes, marked by particles rather than inflections | No, uses simplified grammar and word order |
Derived From | Old Japanese, with influences from Chinese, Portuguese, Dutch, and English | 17th-century English, with significant contributions from West African languages |
Loanwords | Significant number from Chinese, with recent borrowings from English and other European languages | From West African languages, Spanish, and English |
Dialects | Includes Tokyo Japanese, Kansai Japanese, Hakata Japanese, and many others | Includes slight regional variations across Jamaica, but generally mutually intelligible. Influences from urban versus rural areas can be observed. |
Alphabets | Hiragana: あ (a), い (i), う (u), え (e), お (o), か (ka), き (ki), く (ku), け (ke), こ (ko), さ (sa), し (shi), す (su), せ (se), そ (so), た (ta), ち (chi), つ (tsu), て (te), と (to), な (na), に (ni), ぬ (nu), ね (ne), の (no), は (ha), ひ (hi), ふ (fu), へ (he), ほ (ho), ま (ma), み (mi), む (mu), め (me), も (mo), や (ya), ゆ (yu), よ (yo), ら (ra), り (ri), る (ru), れ (re), ろ (ro), わ (wa), を (wo), ん (n) Katakana:ア (a), イ (i), ウ (u), エ (e), オ (o), カ (ka), キ (ki), ク (ku), ケ (ke), コ (ko), サ (sa), シ (shi), ス (su), セ (se), ソ (so), タ (ta), チ (chi), ツ (tsu), テ (te), ト (to), ナ (na), ニ (ni), ヌ (nu), ネ (ne), ノ (no), ハ (ha), ヒ (hi), フ (fu), ヘ (he), ホ (ho), マ (ma), ミ (mi), ム (mu), メ (me), モ (mo), ヤ (ya), ユ (yu), ヨ (yo), ラ (ra), リ (ri), ル (ru), レ (re), ロ (ro), ワ (wa), ヲ (wo), ン (n) | A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z |
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