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Web Sites

An Annotated Bibliography of Rastafarian Speech (Rasta Talk or Dread Talk) - This is an extensive bibliography of the variant of Jamaicain Creole known as Rasta Talk.
members.tripod.com/~THSlone/rasta-bibliography.html
Exploring Varieties of English - Jamaica - This site describes Jamaican Creole, including sections on language development, social aspects, comparison with standard English and the influence of Rastafarianism.
www-user.tu-chemnitz.de/~wobo/jamaika.html
Jamaica: Glossary of Terms - A glossary of Jamaican words with some photos and recipes.
www.jamaicans.com/speakja/glossary.htm
Jamaican and Its Status - a Pidgin, Creole or a 'Nation-Language'? -
home.swipnet.se/~w-81425/Jamaica.htm
Jamaican Creole Texts - This site has 5 stories in Jamaican Creole.
privatewww.essex.ac.uk/~patrickp/JCtexts.html
Jamaican Language Site - A glossary and dictionary of Jamaican Creole.
www.geocities.com/slybabykim
Jamaican Patois Sound Clips - A few audio phrases are given.
www.jamaicans.com/speakja/sound.htm
Patois - Jamaican Style - A list of Jamaican Creole audio phrases.
fantasyisle.com/patois.htm
Rasta Patois Dictionary - One page explanatory dictionary of Caribbean Rasta Patois.
www.eng.miami.edu/~kbrown/rasta-la.htm
Review of Peter Patrick's Urban Jamaican Creole - A review of the book Urban Jamaican Creole.
humanities.uchicago.edu/humanities/linguistics/faculty/mufw_patrick.html
Speak Jamaican: Your Jamaican Patois Source and More - Sample lesson and sound samples for a book on Jamaican Creole
www.speakjamaican.com
Talk Jamaican! - A list of Jamaican Creole expressions translated into English.
www.blues.uab.es/~s_0132/jamai.html