Skip to navigation | Skip to content

Share your knowledge. Make a difference.

Barbados "Bajan" Dialect

1 - I can do better 2 - Jury's out 3 - Pretty darn good 4 - Splendiferous 5 - Awesometastic (by 0 people)   Your rating: 1 - I can do better 2 - Jury's out 3 - Pretty darn good 4 - Splendiferous 5 - Awesometastic

Ranked #1237 in Travel, #45388 overall

Donates to Squidoo Charity Fund, Room to Read, Juvenile Diabetes Research Fund

Rated G. (Control what you see)

This is the homeland of some of my best friends.  This lens is in part  tribute to them, Barbados and the unique way they speak. 

About Barbados 

Barbados - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Barbados From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
! Barbados Tourism Encyclopedia - Official site of the Barbados ...
Barbados: All Holiday and Business travel information. Things to Know and Do. Where to Stay, Eat, Shop. Events, Activities, Maps, Pictures, Stories, People. FREE BARBADOS Brochures - Everything Barbados
About Barbados : The Fun Barbados Travel Guide has the hotels, car ...
About Barbados: The Fun Barbados Travel Guide, your ticket to Hotels, Car Rental, Restaurants, Tours, and much much more!
Government of Barbados Information Network
Government Of Barbados Website
Barbados Vacation Packages from Caribbean Online
Barbados Tourism
Visit Barbados Travel and Tourism Site, Hotels, Events, Activities ...
Visit Barbados -The official website of the Barbados Tourism Authority! Use the Holiday Planner on the Official Web Site of the Barbados Tourism Authority to plan the perfect Caribbean vacation. Make your travel plans, book a hotel, and plan the perfect wedding all on one site. Explore our island
Barbados Photo Gallery
2006 Barbados Photo Gallery
Barbados - General Information
Part of your on-line guide to Barbados. A vacation guide and roadmap for Barbados. Includes information on accommodation, restaurants, shops, sightseeing, diving and car hire

More on Barbados 

Culture and History

Culture of Barbados - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Culture of Barbados From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bajan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bajan From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
-
Language family:
Creole
Barbadian Creole / Bajan
Barbadian Americans
Barbadian Americans forum
Multicultural America
:: A-BrBARBADIAN AMERICANSby Lloyd E. Mulraine
OVERVIEW

Even More 

All Info About Barbados: Bajan Dialect
All Info About Home
Dialect of Barbados at Totally Barbados
While English is the official language spoken in Barbados, Barbadians speak with an accent best described as a combination of the African and British languages. The Bajan dialect uses words in a colorful, expressive, fast paced manner that can be a bit tricky to follow at times.
Barbados Languages | barbados-guide.info
Although English is the official language of Barbados, you may be surprised at what you encounter on the island.
Bajan observations
About Bajan Dialect
Caribbean Poetry -- Language/Dialect
Bajan dialect, like much of the rest of the island's culture, consists of an amalgamation between European English and African languages.
Barbados - Communicating with Bajans
COMMUNICATING WITH BAJANS
Wah Gwaan?
Wah Gwaan group
Bajan slang
Since Bajan dialect has no standardized spelling, the spelling of a number of the words are just rough approximations.
barbadian bajan dialect - Home
Welcome to this site which was set up primarily to introduce you to Bajan Dialect.
Bajan slang
Since Bajan dialect has no standardized spelling, the spelling of a number of the words are just rough approximations.
B
Bashment!- Cool!
Bad talk someone- to say negative things about someone behind the person's back
Back chat- an insolent response from a child to an adult
to back stab- to talk

Books on Barbados 

Barbados (Indigo Guide to Barbados)

Amazon Price: (as of 10/07/2008)
Used Price: $1.98

Explore Barbados

Amazon Price: $15.16 (as of 10/07/2008)
Used Price: $3.73

Frommer's Jamaica & Barbados (4th ed)

Amazon Price: (as of 10/07/2008)
Used Price: $0.01

Footprint Barbados

Amazon Price: (as of 10/07/2008)
Used Price: $0.01

Great Stuff on Amazon 

"Equal writes" and easy reading for spoken and written English and Bajan

Amazon Price: (as of 10/07/2008)

Barbadian Dialect

Amazon Price: (as of 10/07/2008)

BARBADIAN DIALECT

Amazon Price: (as of 10/07/2008)

Notes for a glossary of words and phrases of Barbadian dialect

Amazon Price: (as of 10/07/2008)

The myth of the single-form verb in Barbadian Creole

Amazon Price: (as of 10/07/2008)

Great Stuff on CafePress 

Great Stuff on CafePress 

None 

Bajan Dialect
Bajan dialect is a very interesting and colourful part of life in Barbados , try to speak it , dare to understand it with these basics in Bajan

Reader Feedback 

CVOA

Nice lense. May be interested in this: Barbados villa rental

Posted January 08, 2008

X
wolfsoath

About wolfsoath

I do not like writing about myself, because I am always thinking that what I may think is important about me, may be trivial to someone else.  Then you have those rare moments when you mention something about yourself, just in passing, and you get barraged by questions about that little comment you said about yourself.  The other thing is that I like the anonimity of the Internet.  You can judge me by my content and image on the web and not by my physical looks.   I mean, I do have a website with my picture on it.  But, that is not the main reason you would go to my website.  I also do not want to sound like I am giving you my Curriculum Vitae, Resume, or a list of my Vital Statistics.  (That is on my webiste also.) 

wolfsoath's Pages

See all of wolfsoath's pages