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Welcome to

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AMAICA But where is Jamaica?...


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A little geography

Jamaica is an island country situated inthe Caribbean Sea, comprising the third-largest island of the Greater Antilles.

It is located to the southeast of the UnitedStates near Cuba and the island ofHispaniola. amaica has a total coastline of!,"## $ilometers.

Kingston is the capital of amaica.%ounded in uly !&'#, (ingston is thelargest city of the island in terms of both

si)e and population, co*ering an area of+" s uare $ilometers.


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A little history

amaica as inhabited by Araa$ Indians henColumbus e/plored it in !+'+ and named it St.Iago. It remained under Spanish rule until !&00,hen it became a 1ritish possession.

amaica has been an English colonie from !!"to #"$.2n 3ay 0, !'04, amaica gained internalautonomy, and, in !'0, superheaded theorgani)ation of the 5est Indies %ederation. It

became independent on Aug. &, !'.


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A little culture

amaican culture has become $non and lo*ed all o*erthe orld. 6here are apanese sporting dreadloc$s,Germans singing reggae, (oreans selling 7er$ chic$en,and Americans 8mostly unsuccessfully9 trying to tal$ li$e

amaicans: %amous Jamaicans

Bo& Marley


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%amous amaicans

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+,cial -anguage of Jamaica6he o;cial language of amaica is


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Jamaican English6he most noticeable aspect of amaican


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6he following are some of the ways to greetpeople in Jamaican7whaapm? - hatBs happeningEegF suh whaapm &re55rin -so hatBs happening brotherE

whaa gwaan? - hatBs going onEegF haa gaan sahE - hatBs going on sirEyuh cris? - are you o$ayEe&ryting cris? - is e*erything o$ayErispec/- sometimes used as a greeting 8it meansF respect or Irespect you9


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Sample te/t

[hArijin a Jumieka Taak]

Linggwis dem aidentifai "pior"Jumiekan, fain muosli akonchri, wid riijanal difrans,laka wahn mixcho a sebntiin

sentri hIngglish ahn WesAfrikan, muosli Shwi,kanschrokshan ahn okiabileri,wid som !anish ahn !uotigiisiin de tu a gud mixop# $ihaxent ahn kiedens kohn frahnSikatish ahn hAirish# %ansda diischri a Jumieka, dis shudnsoprai&n sens di bolk a dipapiulieshan dem a disendantfrahn slieb kiaa kom frahn WesAfrika, fos bai di !anish, dendem laan hIngglish frahn dehn

Origins of Jamaican speech

inguists ha*e identi?ed @pure@amaican, no spo$en mostly inrural areas, ith regionaldierences, as an amalgam of

se*enteenth century


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A little grammar6he tenseJaspect system of amaican atois is fundamentallyunli$e that of


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%unny sayings in Jamaicanpatois


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A lesson in amaican patois


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Bi&liography

amaican Creole 3orphology andSynta/ P eter . atric$

.i$ipedia.org .youtube.com

.learn7amaican.com

.7umie$a.com
http://www.wikipedia.org/http://www.youtube.com/http://www.learnjamaican.com/http://www.jumieka.com/http://www.jumieka.com/http://www.learnjamaican.com/http://www.youtube.com/http://www.wikipedia.org/


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