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Lots of talk about this- Jamaican language or English
Utter stupidity - they do not vast majority of Jamaicans speak Jamaican.
I taught many kids who spoke onlynJamsican. Every one of them is bilingual today.
Enough of this bullshit.
The irony of this is that the Speaker (the Prime Minister’s wife) makes more than a few errors in English.
The outcry is everywhere.
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2026/may/21/jamaica-parliament-language-english-patois