Patois definition

Patois

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WordNet

(1) A regional dialect of a language (especially French); usually considered substandard

(2) A characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves)

"They don't speak our lingo"

WiktionaryText

Any of various French or Occitan dialects spoken in France.
Creole French in the Caribbean (especially in Dominica, St Lucia, Trinidad and Tobago& Haiti).
A Jamaican Creole language primarily based on English and African languages but also has influences from Spanish, Portuguese and Hindi.