Language

Jamaican Creole English

Jamaican Creole English is a language in the Indo-European family spoken in 9 countries.

New Testament

Scripture in Jamaican Creole English

The New Testament is reported in Jamaican Creole English.

From the Every Language research atlas and its sources. “No known Scripture” means none is recorded in those sources, not that none exists.

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Where Jamaican Creole English is spoken

  • Aruba
  • Canada
  • Colombia
  • Costa Rica
  • Dominican Republic
  • Honduras
  • Jamaica
  • Panama
  • United Kingdom

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About Jamaican Creole English

Language family
Indo-European
ISO 639-3 code
jam
Glottocode
jama1262
Also known as
English Jamaican Creole: Limon · Jamaican English Creole

Dialects and varieties 5

Each variety shows Scripture recorded for that exact variety; it may differ from Jamaican Creole English as a whole.

  • Basilectal Jamaican CreoleNo known Scripture
  • British CreoleNo known Scripture
  • English Jamaican Creole: LimonNo known Scripture
  • English Jamaican Creole: SouthwesternNo known Scripture
  • Southwestern Caribbean Creole English: PanamanianNo known Scripture

Sources

  • DIALECTS source registryDIALECTS research collection · Each original source retains its own terms
  • GlottologHammarström, Forkel, Haspelmath & Bank, Glottolog 5.3 · CC BY 4.0
  • Data provided by Joshua ProjectData provided by Joshua Project · Noncommercial missions research and educational use
  • Every Language mapEvery Language and its attributed source providers · Owner-authorized publication; upstream terms retained

Atlas data as of 2026-09-05. Joshua Project data is used with permission for noncommercial ministry research and education. Glottolog data: CC BY 4.0.