Jumiekan

Jamaican Creole

Alternative forms

• Jamiekan, Jamaican

Etymology

Cognate to English Jamaican.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒʌˈmʲeːkan/, /d͡ʒaˈmʲeːkan/
• Hyphenation: Ju‧mie‧kan

Adjective

Jumiekan

1. Jamaican

Noun

Jumiekan (plural Jumiekan dem, quantified Jumiekan)

1. Jamaican (person)

   Synonym: Jumiekan piipl (in plural)

Noun

Jumiekan

1. Jamaican, Jamaican Creole (creole language)

   Synonyms: Jamiekan, Jamiekan Kriyuol, Jumiekan Kryuol, Patwa

Related terms

• Jamieka/Jumieka (“Jamaica (island)”)

Further reading

• Larry Chang: Biesik Jumiekan. Introduction to Jamaican Language, published by: Gnosophia Publishers, 2014 (Jamaican and English)
• Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment – The Jamaican New Testament, published by: The Bible Society of the West Indies, 2012 (the Bible text without introduction etc. is also online at bible.com)
• Writing Jamaican the Jamaican Way / Ou fi Rait Jamiekan, by: The Jamaican Language Unit (JLU) / Di Jamiekan Langwij Yuunit, and published by: Arawak publications, 2009 (English)
• Jumiekan at majstro.com