2016-05-23 9:41 GMT+02:00 Asaf Bartov <[email protected]>: > > On Sun, May 22, 2016 at 12:31 PM, Amir E. Aharoni < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Now that the Wikipedia in that language is live, what should be the >> autonym for the Jamaican Creole language? >> >> Currently it's "Patois", which is probably incorrect. I can see different >> names floating around: "Jamiekan", "Jamiekan Patwa", "Patwa", "Jamiekan >> Kriyol", etc., and I don't know what to pick. It must be something unique >> and identifiable to the language's speakers. The most common name that is >> used in actual publications in Jamaica would be perfect. >> >> Intuitively, I'd pick "Jamiekan" because it's short and unique, but I'm >> really, really not an expert and I shouldn't decide it myself. >> > > Ask that community on their wiki? >
Probably the best option (at least to begin with). As you can see on the autonym article history, the name has been change a few times since 2008 : https://jam.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jumiekan_Kryuol&action=history (Jamaican Creole moved to Jamiekan Kriol ; Jamiekan Kriol moved to Jumiekan Kriol ; Jumiekan Kriol to Jumiekan Kriyol ; Jumiekan Kriyol to Jumiekan Kryuol). Cdlt, ~nicolas
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