Jamaican Maroon Spirit Possession Language
- Jamaican Maroon Spirit Possession Language
Infobox Language
name=Maroon Spirit Language
region=Jamaica
speakers=
familycolor=Creole
fam1=Creole language
fam2=English Creole
fam3=Atlantic
fam4=Suriname
iso2=cpe
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.
ee also
*Haitian Vodoun Culture Language
References
*cite journal |author=Bilby, Kenneth |year=1983 |title=How the "Older Heads" Talk: A Jamaican Maroon Spirit Possession Language and Its Relationship to the Creoles of Surname and Sierra Leone |journal=New West Indian Guide/Nieuwe West-Indische Gids |volume=57 |issue=1/2 |pages=37–88 |url=http://www.kitlv-journals.nl/files/pdf/art_NWIG_211.pdf
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