On Sun, May 22, 2016 at 12:31 PM, Amir E. Aharoni <
amir.aharoni(a)mail.huji.ac.il> 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?
A.
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