Caribbean Patois [CPT]
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Language type
Creole
Species
Human/humanoid
About Caribbean Patois
Language built on broken English, broken French, and broken Spanish. Spoken in the Caribbean by almost a million speakers.
Sample of Caribbean Patois[view] tu ne pou jemèh enten so an langwaje antil tu enten fi le mweno dous
You can never understand one language until you understand at least two.[view all texts]
You can never understand one language until you understand at least two.[view all texts]
Phonology
Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Alveolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | |||||||||
Nasal | m | n | ɲ | |||||||||||||||
Plosive | p | b | t | d | k | g | ||||||||||||
Fricative | f | v | s | ʂ | χ | h | ||||||||||||
Affricate | t͡s | d͡z | ||||||||||||||||
Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||||||||
Approximant | j | w | ||||||||||||||||
Trill | r |
Blends | χə |
Vowels | Front | Central | Back | |||
Close | i | u | ||||
Close-mid | e | |||||
Mid | ə | |||||
Open | a | ɒ |
Polyphthongs | ɒχ | əχ |
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Caribbean Patois. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
Caribbean PatoisOrthography [edit] | ||||||||
Àà/ə/ | Aa/a/ | ÀH àh/əχ/ | AH ah/əχ/ | Bb/b/ | CH ch/ʂ/ | Dd/d/ | Èè/ə/ | Ee/e/ |
EH eh/əχ/ | ÈH èh/əχ/ | Ff/f/ | Gg/g/ | Hh/h/ | Ii/i/ | Jj/d͡z/ | Kk/k/ | Ll/l/ |
Mm/m/ | Nn/n/ | NY ny/ɲ/ | Oo/ɒ/ | ÒH òh/ɒχ/ | Pp/p/ | Rr/r/ | RÈ rè/χə/ | RI ri/χə/ |
RR rr/χ/ | Ss/s/ | SY sy/ʂ/ | Tt/t/ | TS ts/t͡s/ | Uu/u/ | Vv/v/ | Ww/w/ | Yy/j/ |
✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] |
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