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How to pronounce “patois”
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Pronunciation guide for patois
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of patois with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 2 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Chris Abani: On humanity
to translate the Bible into Cameroonian patois,
- Definition summary
- A regional dialect (usually one considered substandard) of a language (especially French).
Example 1 of 2
How to pronounce patois
Chris Abani: On humanity
to translate the Bible into Cameroonian patois,
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “patois”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- A regional dialect (usually one considered substandard) of a language (especially French).
- Any of various French or Occitan dialects spoken in France.
- Creole French in the Caribbean (especially in Dominica, St. Lucia, Trinidad and Tobago, and Haiti).
- (Jamaica) Jamaican Patois, a Jamaican creole language based primarily on English and African languages but also having influences from Spanish, Portuguese, and Hindi.
- Jargon or cant.
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