Jamaican Maroon Creole

Harshen Maroon na Jamaica, Harshen Maroon Spirit, Kromanti, Jamaican Maroon Creole ko zurfin patwa yare ne na al'ada kuma tsohuwar yaren mahaifiyar Jamaican Maroons. Yana da harshen Ingilishi na asali tare da wani bangare mai karfi na Akan, musamman daga Yaren Asante na zamani Ghana. Ya bambanta da Creole na Jamaican na yau da kullun, yana kama da Creoles na Saliyo (Krio) da Creoles masu Surinam kamar Sranan da Ndyuka . Har ila yau, ya fi Akan fiye da Patois na yau da kullun, tare da ɗan gudummawa daga wasu harsunan Afirka. A yau, harshen Maroon Spirit yana amfani da Jamaican Maroons da Surinamese Maroons (yawanci Coromantees). Wani Harshe na al'ada (wanda ake kira Kromanti) wanda ya kunshi mafi yawan kalmomi da jimloli daga yarukan Akan, Jamaican Maroons suna amfani da shi a cikin al'adun Myal ciki har da wasu da suka shafi mallaka da ruhohin kakanninmu a lokacin bukukuwan Kromanti ko lokacin da suke magana da waɗanda aka mallaka kuma wani lokacin ana amfani da su azaman nau'in lambar. Kromanti kuma reshe ne na addinin Myal a cikin al'ummomin Maroko na Jamaica.

Kalmar "Kromanti" tana amfani da mahalarta Maroon a cikin irin waɗannan bukukuwan Myal don komawa ga yarensu da kakanninmu suka yi magana a baya, kafin kirkirar Jamaican Maroon Creole. Ana amfani da wannan kalmar don komawa ga yaren da "a bayyane yake ba wani nau'i ne na Jamaican Creole ba kuma yana nuna ƙarancin abubuwan Ingilishi" (Bilby 1983: 38).  Duk da yake Kromanti ba yare ne mai aiki ba, waɗanda ruhohin kakanninmu ke da ikon yin magana da shi. Ana kwatanta kakannin da suka fi nisa da kakannin da aka yi amfani da su kwanan nan a kan gradient, irin wannan karuwar ƙarfi da iyawa a cikin amfani da Kromanti wanda ba a kirkira ba ana danganta shi ga kakannin da ke nesa (kamar yadda ya saba da Jamaican Maroon Creole da aka yi šomišwa don magance waɗannan kakannin).

 Wasu halaye na sauti na Jamaican Maroon Creole 
Bilby, Kenneth (1983). "How the "Older Heads" Talk: A Jamaican Maroon Spirit Possession Language and Its Relationship to the Creoles of Suriname and Sierra Leone". New West Indian Guide / Nieuwe West-Indische Gids. 57 (1/2): 37–88. doi:10.1163/13822373-90002097. Archived from the original on 18 July 2011.Bilby ya tattauna bambance-bambance da yawa tsakanin Jamaican Creole da Jamaican Maroon Creole .

Magana ta sautin: Wasu kalmomi a cikin Maroon Creole suna da sautin a cikin sashi na ƙarshe, idan aka kwatanta da Jamaican Creole. Wasu misalai sune

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