Jamaica

Listen to people from the Caribbean nation of Jamaica speak English in their native accent and, in some instances, patois. Please select a sample from the list below.

Jamaica 1  female, 22, 1987, West Indian, Kingston (and Australia)
Jamaica 2  male, 45, 1965, Jamaican, Mandeville
Jamaica 3  male, 22, 1990, Jamaican, Montego Bay (and Massachusetts, U.S.)
Jamaica 4  female, 24, 1988, West Indian, Kingston and Spanish Town
Jamaica 5  female, 19, 1993, African-Jamaican, Linstead (St. Catherine)
Jamaica 6  male, 50, 1960, Black Jamaican, Kingston and United States
Jamaica 7  female, 38, 1974, Jamaican, St. Andrew and United States
Jamaica 8  female, 52, 1963, Black Jamaican, Jamaica and U.S. (New York)
Jamaica 9  female, 19, 1997, African-Jamaican, New Market (rural western Jamaica)
Jamaica 10  female, 17, 1998, African-Jamaican, Kingston
Jamaica 11  female, 17, 1998, African-Jamaican, Jamaica
Jamaica 12  female, 23, 1992, African-Jamaican, Saint Catherine Parish
Jamaica 13  female, 18, 1997, African-Jamaican, Portland Parish
Jamaica 14  male, 35, 1980, African-Jamaican, Kingston
Jamaica 15  male, 75, 1940, Black Caribbean, Kingston (also Stirling and England)

For more information on Jamaica, visit Wikipedia.