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
Panamanian Patois English
Native toPanama
Native speakers
270,000 (2000)
English creole
Language codes
ISO 639-3
Linguist List
jam-pan
GlottologNone
IETFjam-PA
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