In my Jamaican Alice, there is a foreword in the target language and a translation of it into English. In the former the term “Jamiekan Patwa” is used; in the latter, this is translated by “Jamaican Creole”.
I think you should use “Jamiakan Patwa” since that is what my translater chose specifically. She is quite well-educated and skilled. > On 22 May 2016, at 20:31, Amir E. Aharoni <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Hi, > > 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. > > -- > Amir Elisha Aharoni · אָמִיר אֱלִישָׁע אַהֲרוֹנִי > http://aharoni.wordpress.com > “We're living in pieces, > I want to live in peace.” – T. Moore > > 2016-04-18 16:51 GMT+03:00 Michael Everson <[email protected]>: > I’ve published Alice in it. :-) > > > On 17 Apr 2016, at 08:30, Gerard Meijssen <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hoi, > > I have been told that the Jamaican languages is doing rather well. What is > > its status? > > Thanks, > > GerardM > > _______________________________________________ > > Langcom mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/langcom > > > _______________________________________________ > Langcom mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/langcom > > _______________________________________________ > Langcom mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/langcom _______________________________________________ Langcom mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/langcom
