Akan people and Jamaican Patois

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Difference between Akan people and Jamaican Patois

Akan people vs. Jamaican Patois

The Akan are a meta-ethnicity predominantly speaking Central Tano languages and residing in the southern regions of the former Gold Coast region in what is today the nation of Ghana. Jamaican Patois, known locally as Patois (Patwa or Patwah) and called Jamaican Creole by linguists, is an English-based creole language with West African influences (a majority of loan words of Akan origin) spoken primarily in Jamaica and the Jamaican diaspora; it is spoken by the majority of Jamaicans as a native language.

Similarities between Akan people and Jamaican Patois

Akan people and Jamaican Patois have 6 things in common (in Unionpedia): Akan language, Jamaica, New York City, Niger–Congo languages, Twi, Vowel harmony.

Akan language

Akan is a Central Tano language that is the principal native language of the Akan people of Ghana, spoken over much of the southern half of that country, by about 58% of the population, and among 30% of the population of Ivory Coast.

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Jamaica

Jamaica is an island country situated in the Caribbean Sea.

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New York City

The City of New York, often called New York City (NYC) or simply New York, is the most populous city in the United States.

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Niger–Congo languages

The Niger–Congo languages constitute one of the world's major language families and Africa's largest in terms of geographical area, number of speakers and number of distinct languages.

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Twi

Twi (pronounced, or Akan Kasa) is a dialect of the Akan language spoken in southern and central Ghana by about 6–9 million Ashanti people as a first and second language.

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Vowel harmony

Vowel harmony is a type of long-distance assimilatory phonological process involving vowels that occurs in some languages.

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Akan people and Jamaican Patois Comparison

Akan people has 138 relations, while Jamaican Patois has 135. As they have in common 6, the Jaccard index is 2.20% = 6 / (138 + 135).

References

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