The Story of English
10 questions on chapter 9
1. Jamaican English is sometimes referred to as “patois”.
2. Some scholars in the University of the West Indies would like Jamaican creole to be generally accepted in Jamaica.
3. Barbadian English is the variety of Caribbean English with the most speakers.
4. In Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania, Ki Swahili tends to be the lingua franca.
5. Krio was the language of the liberated slaves in Monrovia , Liberia.
6. Indian English was strongly influenced by French and Dutch.
7. Indian English and British and American English are always mutually intelligible.
8. After India’s independence Urdu became the first national language.
9. In the Philippines American English used to be preferred to British English.
10. The authors wonder if Spanish and Mandarin might not challenge the hegemony of American English.
