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Bajan /ˈbeɪdʒən/, or Bajan Dialect, is an English-based creole language with African and British influences spoken on the Caribbean island of Barbados. Bajan is primarily a spoken language, meaning that in general, standard English is used in print, in the media, in the judicial system, in government, and in day-to-day business, while Bajan is reserved for less formal situations, in music, or in social commentary. Ethnologue reports that, as of 2018, 30,000 Barbadians were native English speakers, while 260,000 natively spoke Bajan.

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  • Bajan /ˈbeɪdʒən/, or Bajan Dialect, is an English-based creole language with African and British influences spoken on the Caribbean island of Barbados. Bajan is primarily a spoken language, meaning that in general, standard English is used in print, in the media, in the judicial system, in government, and in day-to-day business, while Bajan is reserved for less formal situations, in music, or in social commentary. Ethnologue reports that, as of 2018, 30,000 Barbadians were native English speakers, while 260,000 natively spoke Bajan. (en)
  • La lingua bajan o bajan è una lingua creola basata sull'inglese parlata a Barbados. (it)
  • Bajan (spreek uit: Bee-djun) of Barbadian English is een Creoolse taal die is gebaseerd op het Engels en wordt gesproken op Barbados. De taal is een vorm van Pidgin English of gebroken Engels, met het verschil dat het moedertaal-sprekers heeft. Verwante talen zijn het Jamaicaanse Patois, het Surinaamse Sranantongo, het Sierra Leoonse Krio en West-Afrikaans Pidgin Engels. Er zijn duidelijke verschillen met het Jamaicaanse Patois en in mindere mate met andere Antillen.Het Bajan werd in 1995 door ongeveer 259.000 mensen gesproken. De taal ontstond onder Afrikaanse slaven tijdens de slavernij. Afrikaanse talen hebben veel invloed gehad op de grammatica en gedeeltelijk ook de woordenschat. Net als op het Sranantongo, Krio en Patois heeft het Twi/Akan bijvoorbeeld een grote invloed gehad. (nl)
  • O bajan (pronunciado /ˈbeɪdʒən/) é uma língua crioula baseada no inglês falada na ilha caribenha de Barbados. Geralmente, em Barbados, fala-se o inglês padrão na TV e no rádio, nos tribunais, nos órgãos de governo e nos negócios do dia-a-dia, enquanto o bajan é reservado para situações menos formais, na música ou na fala social. Como muitas outras línguas crioulas do Caribe com base no inglês, o bajan consiste em um substrato derivado de línguas do oeste africano e um superestrato do inglês. O bajan é, em certa medida, semelhante às línguas crioulas das ilhas caribenhas vizinhas. Assim como muitas das outras línguas crioulas caribenhas, a exemplo do patoá jamaicano, o bajan tem, teoricamente, um superestrato originário do hiberno-inglês ou inglês escocês, uma variante da língua inglesa. (pt)
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  • Bajan /ˈbeɪdʒən/, or Bajan Dialect, is an English-based creole language with African and British influences spoken on the Caribbean island of Barbados. Bajan is primarily a spoken language, meaning that in general, standard English is used in print, in the media, in the judicial system, in government, and in day-to-day business, while Bajan is reserved for less formal situations, in music, or in social commentary. Ethnologue reports that, as of 2018, 30,000 Barbadians were native English speakers, while 260,000 natively spoke Bajan. (en)
  • La lingua bajan o bajan è una lingua creola basata sull'inglese parlata a Barbados. (it)
  • Bajan (spreek uit: Bee-djun) of Barbadian English is een Creoolse taal die is gebaseerd op het Engels en wordt gesproken op Barbados. De taal is een vorm van Pidgin English of gebroken Engels, met het verschil dat het moedertaal-sprekers heeft. Verwante talen zijn het Jamaicaanse Patois, het Surinaamse Sranantongo, het Sierra Leoonse Krio en West-Afrikaans Pidgin Engels. Er zijn duidelijke verschillen met het Jamaicaanse Patois en in mindere mate met andere Antillen.Het Bajan werd in 1995 door ongeveer 259.000 mensen gesproken. (nl)
  • O bajan (pronunciado /ˈbeɪdʒən/) é uma língua crioula baseada no inglês falada na ilha caribenha de Barbados. Geralmente, em Barbados, fala-se o inglês padrão na TV e no rádio, nos tribunais, nos órgãos de governo e nos negócios do dia-a-dia, enquanto o bajan é reservado para situações menos formais, na música ou na fala social. (pt)
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  • Bajan Creole (en)
  • Lingua bajan (it)
  • Bajan (taal) (nl)
  • Bajan (pt)
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