Bocas del Toro Creole explained

Bocas del Toro Creole
Nativename:Panamanian Patwah
Also Known As:Río Abajo Creole
States:Panama
Date:2000
Familycolor:Creole
Fam1:English creole
Fam2:Atlantic
Fam3:Western
Fam4:Jamaican Patois
Linglist:jam-pan
Isoexception:dialect
Glotto:none
Ietf:jam-PA

Bocas del Toro Creole, or Panamanian Patwah, also called Río Abajo Creole, is a dialect of Jamaican Patois, an English-based creole, spoken predominantly in the Bocas del Toro Province and the Río Abajo district of Panama City. It is similar to Central American varieties such as Limonese Creole. It does not yet have the status of an official language. It was pejoratively known as "guari-guari."[1]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Herzfeld . Anita . Limon Creole and Panamanian Creole: Comparison and Contrast . 2023-08-03 . kuscholarworks.ku.edu.