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Language: Jamaican English Creole

Population of Groups Speaking

3,452,000

People Groups Speaking as Primary Language

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People Group ▲	Country	Country Population	Global Population	Indigenous	Primary Religion	Progress Scale	% Christian Adherent	% Evangelical	Est. Workers Needed *
Jamaicans	Aruba	600	3,642,000		Christianity	5 ●	82.00 %	28.00 %	-1 -
Jamaicans	Canada	150,000	3,642,000		Christianity	5 ●	90.00 %	27.00 %	-1 -
Jamaicans	Colombia	5,000	3,642,000		Christianity	4 ●	94.40 %	8.00 %	-1 -
Jamaicans	Costa Rica	67,000	3,642,000		Christianity	5 ●	94.40 %	15.00 %	-1 -
Jamaicans	Cuba	5,000	3,642,000		Christianity	5 ●	83.00 %	28.00 %	-1 -
Jamaicans	Dominican Republic	32,000	3,642,000		Christianity	5 ●	82.00 %	28.00 %	-1 -
Jamaicans	Honduras	49,000	3,642,000		Christianity	5 ●	83.00 %	28.00 %	-1 -
Jamaicans	Jamaica	2,696,000	3,642,000	●	Christianity	5 ●	84.30 %	32.22 %	-1 -
Jamaicans	Panama	392,000	3,642,000		Christianity	5 ●	90.00 %	28.00 %	-1 -
Jamaicans	United Kingdom	53,000	3,642,000		Christianity	5 ●	83.00 %	28.00 %	-1 -
Jamaicans	Venezuela	2,800	3,642,000		Christianity	5 ●	83.00 %	28.00 %	-1 -
Totals: 11						0 ●			0

* An estimate of the number of pioneer workers needed for initial church planting among unreached people groups by country. Estimates are calculated only for unreached people groups and are based on ratio of 1 worker-unit (single person or married couple) per 50,000 living in an unreached people group by country, or for example one team of four worker-units per 200,000 people. Some workers may already be onsite. Many more workers are needed beyond this initial estimate.

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Photo	People Group ▲	Country	Population	Global Population	Indigenous	Primary Religion	Progress Scale	% Christian Adherent	% Evangelical	Est. Workers Needed *
	Jamaicans	United States	166,000	3,642,000		Christianity	5 ●	83.00 %	28.00 %	-1 -
	Totals: 1						0 ●			0

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Item	Value
Status	Living
Ethnologue Code	jam
Written	Yes
Bible Translation	New Testament
Progress Scale	●

Language Alternate Names
Bongo Talk
Guari Guari
Jamaican Patois
Jamiekan
Jimiekn
Jimiekn Langwij
Jumieka Kruyol
Jumieka Languij
Jumieka Langwij
Jumieka Taak
Jumiekan
Limon Creole English
Limonese Creole
Patois
Patwa
Patwah
Quashie Talk
Southwestern Caribbean Creole English
Western Caribbean Creole
Western Caribbean Creole English

Dialects
Jamaica
Limón Creo
Panamanian

Dialect Alternate Names
Jamaican Creole English
Western Caribbean Creole Engli

Translation	Year / Status
Bible Portions	Yes
New Testament	2012
Complete Bible	None Reported

Possible Print Bibles
Amazon
Forum Bible Agencies
National Bible Societies
World Bible Finder
World Bibles

Online / Mobile App Bibles
Bible.is (Faith Comes By Hearing)
Bible.com (YouVersion)


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Resource ▲	Link
Audio Recordings	Audio Bible teaching (GRN)
Audio Recordings	Online New Testament (FCBH)
Film / Video	Jesus film: view in Jamaican Creole English
Film / Video	LUMO film of Gospels
Film / Video	Magdalena (Jesus Film Project)
Film / Video	My Last Day (Jesus Film Project Anime)
Film / Video	Story of Jesus for Children (JF Project)
Mobile App	Download audio Bible app as APK file from FCBH
Mobile App	Download audio Bible app from Google Play Store
Text / Printed Matter	Bible: The Jamaican New Testament
Text / Printed Matter	Online Bible text (Scripture Earth)

The Joshua Project Progress Scale is an estimate of the progress of church planting among a people group, people cluster, country or language. The Progress Scale is derived from people group values for percent Evangelical and percent Christian Adherent.

Level	Description	Criteria
1	Unreached - Few evangelicals and few who identify as Christians. Little, if any, history of Christianity.	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians <= 5%
2	Minimally reached - Few evangelicals, but significant number who identify as Christians.	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians > 5% and <= 50%
3	Superficially reached - Few evangelicals, but many who identify as Christians. In great need of spiritual renewal and commitment to biblical faith.	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians > 50%
4	Partially reached - Evangelicals have a modest presence.	Evangelicals > 2% and <= 10%
5	Significantly reached - Evangelicals have a significant presence.	Evangelicals > 10%

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Joshua Project data is drawn from many sources and of varying accuracy depending on source and editorial decisions. Populations are scaled to the current year. Other data may have varying ages. We welcome suggested updates.
A displayed zero can mean true zero, a very small rounded number or sometimes unknown. Blanks mean an unknown value.
The data is sometimes not as precise as it appears. Values for %Christian Adherent and %Evangelical (which determine unreached status) are often informed estimates, some more accurate than others. We recommend against using %Christian Adherent and %Evangelical to calculate absolute numbers.
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