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Patois and West Germanic languages

Shortcuts: Differences, Similarities, Jaccard Similarity Coefficient, References.

Difference between Patois and West Germanic languages

Patois vs. West Germanic languages

Patois (pl. same or) is speech or language that is considered nonstandard, although the term is not formally defined in linguistics. The West Germanic languages constitute the largest of the three branches of the Germanic family of languages (the others being the North Germanic and the extinct East Germanic languages).

Similarities between Patois and West Germanic languages

Patois and West Germanic languages have 4 things in common (in Unionpedia): Creole language, Dialect, English language, Pidgin.

Creole language

A creole language, or simply creole, is a stable natural language developed from a mixture of different languages at a fairly sudden point in time: often, a pidgin transitioned into a full, native language.

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Dialect

The term dialect (from Latin,, from the Ancient Greek word,, "discourse", from,, "through" and,, "I speak") is used in two distinct ways to refer to two different types of linguistic phenomena.

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English language

English is a West Germanic language that was first spoken in early medieval England and is now a global lingua franca.

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Pidgin

A pidgin, or pidgin language, is a grammatically simplified means of communication that develops between two or more groups that do not have a language in common: typically, its vocabulary and grammar are limited and often drawn from several languages.

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Patois and West Germanic languages Comparison

Patois has 55 relations, while West Germanic languages has 122. As they have in common 4, the Jaccard index is 2.26% = 4 / (55 + 122).

References

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