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==Description== | ==Description== | ||
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Along with Creole, a dialect known as '''Kokoy (or Cockoy)''' is spoken. It is a type of pidgin English which is a mix of Leeward Island English Creole and Dominican Creole, and is mainly spoken in the north-eastern villages of Marigot and Wesley. <ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Dominica," in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'', https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominica#Languages, accessed 22 March 2021.</ref> | Along with Creole, a dialect known as '''Kokoy (or Cockoy)''' is spoken. It is a type of pidgin English which is a mix of Leeward Island English Creole and Dominican Creole, and is mainly spoken in the north-eastern villages of Marigot and Wesley. <ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Dominica," in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'', https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominica#Languages, accessed 22 March 2021.</ref> | ||
'''Kwéyòl''' , known locally as '''Patwa''', is a sub-variety of Antillean Creole, and like other varieties spoken in the Caribbean, it combines the syntax of African language origins and a vocabulary primarily derived from French. <ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Saint Lucian Creole," in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'', https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Lucian_Creole, accessed 22 March 2021.</ref> | |||
==Word List(s)== | ==Word List(s)== | ||
* [https://www.avirtualdominica.com/project/creole-kweyol-language/ Kweyol Language - words and phrases] | |||
* [https://quizlet.com/254602649/saint-lucia-kweyol-misc-phrases-flash-cards/ Kweyol Language - flashcards] | |||
* [http://www.dominica-weekly.com/learn-speak-dominica-kweyol-language/ Dominican Creole Simple Phrases] (Dominica Weekly) | |||
==Alphabet and Pronunciation== | ==Alphabet and Pronunciation== | ||
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|enn | |enn | ||
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|Pronounced as in Gard<u>en</u> | |Pronounced as in Gard<u>en</u> | ||
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|onn | |onn | ||
|ɔ̃n | |ɔ̃n | ||
|Nasal sound + N. | |Nasal sound + N. | ||
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|1 000 000 000 = yon milya | |1 000 000 000 = yon milya | ||
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:1 234 = yon mil + dé san + twantkat | |||
:30 153 = twant mil + san + senkantwa | |||
:412 489 = (kat san douz) mil + kat san + katwèvennèf | |||
:12 356 734 = (douz) milyon + (twa san+senkantsis) mil + sèt san+twantkat<br> | |||
'''Ordinal''' | |||
:1st = pwémyè | |||
:2nd = dézyènm | |||
:3rd = twazyènm | |||
:4th = katriyènm | |||
:5th = senkyènm | |||
:6th = sizyènm (Notice the second "s" in "sis" is pronounced as a "z") | |||
:7th = sètyènm | |||
:8th = wityènm | |||
:9th = nèvyènm (Notice the "f" in "nèf" is pronounced as a "v") | |||
:All the other numbers are formed like this: Number + [yènm] | |||
==Language Aids and Dictionaries== | ==Language Aids and Dictionaries== | ||
'''Language Aids''' | |||
*[https://www.avirtualdominica.com/project/creole-kweyol-language/ Kweyol Language - A look at typical Kweyol words and phrases used in Dominica ] (avirtualdominica.com) | |||
*[http://www.saintluciancreole.dbfrank.net/dictionary/spellingguide.pdf The Kwéyòl Writing System] | |||
'''Dictionaries''' | |||
* Crosbie, Paul and David Frank. ''Kweýol̀ dictionary.'' Castries, Saint Lucia: Ministry of Education, Government of Saint Lucia, 2001. '''''Available at:''''' [https://www.worldcat.org/title/948227847 WorldCat]. | |||
* Fontaine, Marcel. ''Dominica's diksyonnè : Kwéyòl-Annglé = Dominica's English-Creole dictionary.'' Cave Hill, Barbados: The Folk Research Institute, 1991. '''''Available at:''''' [https://www.worldcat.org/title/29360981 WorldCat]. | |||
'''Online Dictionaries''' | |||
* [https://www.webonary.org/kweyol/ Kwéyòl Dictionary] (Webonary) | |||
* [http://www.saintluciancreole.dbfrank.net/dictionary/KweyolDictionary.pdf Kweýol̀ dictionary] (SIL) | |||
==Additional Resources== | ==Additional Resources== | ||
* Amastae, Jon Edward. ''Dominican creole phonology.'' Ann Arbor, Mich: Xerox University Microfilms, 1975. '''''Available at:''''' [https://www.worldcat.org/title/954295811 WorldCat]. | |||
* Paugh, Amy Lynn and Bambi B Schieffelin. ''Creole day is every day": Language socialization, shift, and ideologies.'' n.p.: New York University, 2001. '''''Available at:''''' [https://www.worldcat.org/title/873971085 WorldCat]. | |||
* Amastae, Jon Edward. ''Dominican creole phonology.'' Ann Arbor, Mich: Xerox University Microfilms, 1975. '''''Available at:''''' [https://www.worldcat.org/title/954295811 WorldCat]. | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
[[Category:Dominica]] | [[Category:Dominica]] | ||
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