Jamaican Creole English

• Alternate names: Bongo Talk, Limon Creole English, Patois, Patwa, Quashie Talk Also: in Costa Rica -- Southwestern Caribbean Creole English; in Panama -- Southwestern Caribbean Creole English
• Scriptures published: New Testament (2012)
• Literacy: Literacy rate in second language: High in English
• Primary country: Jamaica
• Also used in: Canada, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Panama, United Kingdom, United States
• Religion: No information available.
• Status: De facto language of national identity in Jamaica
• Number of users: 3,205,000 (2,670,000 in Jamaica (2001); 55,100 in Costa Rica (1986); 268,000 in Panama (2000))

(data from Ethnologue and other sources)

Scripture

• Faith Comes by Hearing:
• Forum of Bible Agencies International: Find a Bible in Jamaican Creole English
• World Bibles: all known Scripture available in Jamaican Creole English on the web
• Joshua Project: Jamaican Creole English — facts and resources

Other

• ScriptSource: writing systems of the world
• Ethnologue entry for Jamaican Creole English — detailed linguistic information.