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Guess
Welcome to
AMAICA
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AMAICA But where is Jamaica?...
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A little geography
Jamaica is an island country situated inthe Caribbean Sea, comprising the third-largest island of the Greater Antilles.
It is located to the southeast of the UnitedStates near Cuba and the island ofHispaniola. amaica has a total coastline of!,"## $ilometers.
Kingston is the capital of amaica.%ounded in uly !&'#, (ingston is thelargest city of the island in terms of both
si)e and population, co*ering an area of+" s uare $ilometers.
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A little history
amaica as inhabited by Araa$ Indians henColumbus e/plored it in !+'+ and named it St.Iago. It remained under Spanish rule until !&00,hen it became a 1ritish possession.
amaica has been an English colonie from !!"to #"$.2n 3ay 0, !'04, amaica gained internalautonomy, and, in !'0, superheaded theorgani)ation of the 5est Indies %ederation. It
became independent on Aug. &, !'.
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A little culture
amaican culture has become $non and lo*ed all o*erthe orld. 6here are apanese sporting dreadloc$s,Germans singing reggae, (oreans selling 7er$ chic$en,and Americans 8mostly unsuccessfully9 trying to tal$ li$e
amaicans: %amous Jamaicans
Bo& Marley
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%amous amaicans
'awn(enn
)sain Bolt*ean (aul
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+,cial -anguage of Jamaica6he o;cial language of amaica is
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Jamaican English6he most noticeable aspect of amaican
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6he following are some of the ways to greetpeople in Jamaican7whaapm? - hatBs happeningEegF suh whaapm &re55rin -so hatBs happening brotherE
whaa gwaan? - hatBs going onEegF haa gaan sahE - hatBs going on sirEyuh cris? - are you o$ayEe&ryting cris? - is e*erything o$ayErispec/- sometimes used as a greeting 8it meansF respect or Irespect you9
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Sample te/t
[hArijin a Jumieka Taak]
Linggwis dem aidentifai "pior"Jumiekan, fain muosli akonchri, wid riijanal difrans,laka wahn mixcho a sebntiin
sentri hIngglish ahn WesAfrikan, muosli Shwi,kanschrokshan ahn okiabileri,wid som !anish ahn !uotigiisiin de tu a gud mixop# $ihaxent ahn kiedens kohn frahnSikatish ahn hAirish# %ansda diischri a Jumieka, dis shudnsoprai&n sens di bolk a dipapiulieshan dem a disendantfrahn slieb kiaa kom frahn WesAfrika, fos bai di !anish, dendem laan hIngglish frahn dehn
Origins of Jamaican speech
inguists ha*e identi?ed @pure@amaican, no spo$en mostly inrural areas, ith regionaldierences, as an amalgam of
se*enteenth century
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A little grammar6he tenseJaspect system of amaican atois is fundamentallyunli$e that of
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%unny sayings in Jamaicanpatois
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A lesson in amaican patois
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Bi&liography
amaican Creole 3orphology andSynta/ P eter . atric$
.i$ipedia.org .youtube.com
.learn7amaican.com
.7umie$a.com
http://www.wikipedia.org/http://www.youtube.com/http://www.learnjamaican.com/http://www.jumieka.com/http://www.jumieka.com/http://www.learnjamaican.com/http://www.youtube.com/http://www.wikipedia.org/7/25/2019 Proiect LEC
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