Majority favour patois as an official language of Jamaica

[Joseph Farquharson]

 Majority favour patois as an official language of Ja
published: Wednesday | November 2, 2005

Petrina Francis, Education Reporter

A MAJORITY of Jamaicans think parliamentarians should
deliver their speeches in Gordon House in the local
dialect, patois in order to communicate better with
the public.

This is according to an islandwide survey, which was
conducted recently by the Jamaica Language Unit at The
University of the West Indies, Mona.

According to the findings of the survey, "people who
understand English will understand patwa (patois) but
not vice versa",....


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