Dialect vs 'Proper' Language PDF Print E-mail

Many individual Caribbean countries have their own distinct dialect or 'patois' in addition to the official language.

 

There has been widespread debate on whether those dialects should be recognised as legitimate languages.

 

The topic came up again among the French Caribbean community in Britain at their annual Creole Day celebrations.

 

Some other countries want to follow the footsteps of Haiti which is the only country where Creole is an official language.

 

WHAT DO YOU THINK?

 

Do you think dialects should be officially recognised?

Do you think of them as a language?

Should people be encouraged to speak their own dialects?

 

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Clayton Florent   |2009-10-03 01:54:26
Most of the dialects used in the English-speaking islands is just a form of
broken English, which cannot be considered a language in itself because it
cannot be written. But the patois we speak in Haiti, Guadeloupe, Dominica,
Martinique and St Lucia is more distinct, has an alphabet and can be written. It
is already official in Haiti, taught at school in the French departments and
used in parliament in St Lucia. This is the one which should be recognized as
legitimate.

However, if the others can be written, then steps should be made to
officialise them.

Clayton Florent
Baie Mahault, Guadeloupe
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EVEYAH  - RE BROKEN ENGLISH   |2010-01-30 01:15:43
The dialet spoken in most of the english speaking lcountries are a combination
of hebrew (our ancestors tongue) and english (the colonial language of the
oppressors) The way it is spoken and sound depends on who is the slave master
and teacher the french would be different from the english.
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