Jamaican Maroon Spirit Possession Language
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| Maroon Spirit Language | ||
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| Spoken in: | Jamaica | |
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| Language family: | Creole language English Creole Atlantic Suriname Maroon Spirit Language |
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| ISO 639-1: | none | |
| ISO 639-2: | cpe | |
| ISO 639-3: | – | |
| Note: This page may contain IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. | ||
Jamaican Maroon Spirit Possession Language, or simply Maroon Spirit Language, is a ritual language used by Jamaican Maroons while possessed by the spirits of ancestors during Kromanti ceremonies or when addressing those who are possessed. It is an English-based creole, distinct from usual Jamaican Creole, but similar to the creoles of Suriname such as Sranan.
An African language, Kromanti, is used for the spirits of the oldest ancestors, who were born in Africa.
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[edit] References
- Bilby, Kenneth (1983). "How the "Older Heads" Talk: A Jamaican Maroon Spirit Possession Language and Its Relationship to the Creoles of Surname and Sierra Leone". New West Indian Guide/Nieuwe West-Indische Gids 57 (1/2): 37–88.
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