How did the Jamaican accent originate?

Jamaica is a fairly diverse country. Additionally, we have to ask how does any accent originate. To an American a Brit or Aussie or newfie has an accent. To a Brit, I'd imagine an American or canadian has an accent. You got new york accents, californian accents, western accents and southern accents and even northeast accents in places like Boston. read more

Best Answer: It is musical dialect is a combination of English, Spanish, Portuguese, African phrases and a good dose of Jamaican slang. Spoken in a sing-song style, the result is as exotic as any foreign language. read more

Slaves from various regions of West and Central Africa all belonged to the Niger-Congo language family. When they arrived on the islands, each ethnic group with their own sub language were forced to pick up the Queen's English. All of this created a hybridized accent from various influences with English being the language. read more