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Proposal summary
Language details: Jamaican Patois (Jumiekan Patwa, jam ISO 639-3)
Locations spoken: Jamaica, Costa Rica, Panama, Untied States
Related langauges: Nigerian Pidgin, English, Belizean Kriol
Jamaican Patois is a Creole language spoken in Jamaica. It has more than 2,000,000 speakers in Jamaica and large immigrant speaking communities in Costa Rica and Panama. This Wikipedia would be well maintained. Also, 53% of the Jamaican population have access to the internet. And probably more in immigrant communities in Costa Rica, Panama and the United States.
'Support' This language is spoken in Jamaica (among all levels of society), and in expat commnuities all over the world. It would also encourage a wealth of information about Jamaica, the Caribbean, Jamaican peoples' perspective on things and Jamaican issues to Wikipedia. This would then encourage their translation (via direct and TOTW) to other WPs. fr33kmant - c01:11, 13 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
'Support' This language would also benefit from it's Wikipedia existence. Forums, e-mail exchange and social networking websites are helping it to gain ground as a literary language. Wikipedia would help standardize the written form of Jumikan Patwa. --Hroobjartr15:08, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
