In Trinidad, our Patois remains a living language in some communities and families. It continues to live on in the everyday speech of Trinbagonians. Patois was the first language of calypso, and up to recently it flourished in communities like Paramin in the form of Christmas Kwèch (crèche) music.

Where is Patois spoken in Trinidad?

Patois is still spoken in Paramin, Cameron, Blanchisseuse, Toco, Arima, Valencia, Lopinot, Santa Cruz and Moruga, and a number of other communities, including wherever cocoa was grown.
 

What dialect do Trinidad speak?

Although English is the official language, most people speak Trinidad English, a creole language. A few people, mostly in rural areas, speak a French-derived creole, Spanish, or Hindi.
 

How did Patois begin in Trinidad?

When the British took the island in 1797, they encountered a complex culture that existed nowhere else in the Caribbean; the island was a Spanish colony with a French, Creole and Spanish-speaking population, Creole became the common language of the different communities of people who all spoke different languages.
 

What islands speak Patois?

Jamaican Patois (/ˈpætwɑː/; locally rendered Patwah and called Jamaican Creole by linguists) is an English-based creole language with West African influences, spoken primarily in Jamaica and among the Jamaican diaspora.

Does Trinidad have Patois?

In Trinidad, our Patois remains a living language in some communities and families. It continues to live on in the everyday speech of Trinbagonians. Patois was the first language of calypso, and up to recently it flourished in communities like Paramin in the form of Christmas Kwèch (crèche) music.

Is Trinidad the same as Jamaican?

The two-island republic has about 1.2 million inhabitants, most of them resident in Trinidad. Jamaica and Trinidad not only have a somewhat different linguistic make-up and different histories but they also represent different settings in the anglophone Caribbean economically and socially.

Who speaks patois?

Jamaican Patois, also known as Patwa and Jamaican Creole, is the most widely spoken language in the country. Compared to a reported 50,000 Jamaicans who speak English, there are 2.7 million who speak Jamaican Patois, a type of English creole that arose during the slave trade.
 

What are some Trini slangs?

doh, dough: don’t, do not. dong: down. doo doo, doux doux: sweetheart often used with darling, as in dodo dahling – the French doux means ‘sweet’ doogla, dougla: a person of mixed race, usually African and East India. dotish, doughtish: stupid, foolish and dumb – probably from the English doltish.

How do Trinidadians talk?

Patois in Trinidad

What are some Trini slangs?

doh, dough: don’t, do not. dong: down. doo doo, doux doux: sweetheart often used with darling, as in dodo dahling – the French doux means ‘sweet’ doogla, dougla: a person of mixed race, usually African and East India. dotish, doughtish: stupid, foolish and dumb – probably from the English doltish.

How do Trinidadians talk?

Although the official language of Trinidad and Tobago is English, the most commonly spoken languages are Trinidadian Creole English and Tobagonian Creole English.

Does Trinidad use AST?

Trinidad and Tobago observes Atlantic Standard Time all year. There are no Daylight Saving Time clock changes.