As a patois, or colloquial language, slang is permeated with rich local color and flavor. It covers a wide linguistic scope, including local dialect, jargon, cant, and blasphemy.
A substantial proportion of the population speak a French-based patois.
We will oversee the strategic implementation of decisions with a finely developed set of metrics, says Jones in the patois peculiar to those who spend 40 years as a leatherneck .
Language: The official language is English, although a large proportion of the population speak a French-based patois.
A patois spoken by some Black people and Creoles in Louisiana and the French West Indies.
Local languages still exist alongside the Caribbean English dialect, too, but they are mostly the patois of the marketplace and home.
In France patois was spoken in rural, less developed regions.
He speaks the local patois.
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