Bocas del Toro Creole
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. It does not have the status of an official language. It was pejoratively known as "guari-guari."
Bocas del Toro Patois | |
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Panamanian Patois English | |
Native to | Panama |
Native speakers | 270,000 (2000) |
English creole
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | – |
Linguist List | jam-pan |
Glottolog | None |
IETF | jam-PA |
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