Jamaican Maroon spirit-possession language, or simply Maroon Spirit language, is a ritual language used by Jamaican Maroons

Jamaican Maroons

The 'Jamaican Maroons are descended from slaves who escaped from slavery and established free communities in the mountainous interior of Jamaica during the long era of slavery in the island. African slaves imported during the Spanish period may have provided the first runaways, apparently mixing...

 while possessed

Spiritual possession

Spirit possession is a paranormal or supernatural event in which it is said that spirits, gods, demons, animas, extraterrestrials, or other disincarnate or extraterrestrial entities take control of a human body, resulting in noticeable changes in health and behaviour...

 by the spirits of ancestors during Kromanti ceremonies or when addressing those who are possessed. It is an English

English language

English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...

-based creole

English-based creole languages

An English-based creole language is a creole language that was significantly influenced by the English language...

, distinct from usual Jamaican Creole

Jamaican Creole

Jamaican Patois, known locally as Patois or Jamaican, and called Jamaican Creole by linguists, is an English-lexified creole language with West African influences spoken primarily in Jamaica and the Jamaican diaspora. It is not to be confused with Jamaican English nor with the Rastafarian use of...

, but similar to the creoles of Suriname

Suriname

Suriname , officially the Republic of Suriname , is a country in northern South America. It borders French Guiana to the east, Guyana to the west, Brazil to the south, and on the north by the Atlantic Ocean. Suriname was a former colony of the British and of the Dutch, and was previously known as...

 such as Sranan.

An African language, Kromanti, is used for the spirits of the oldest ancestors, who were born in Africa

Africa

Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...

.

See also

• Spirit possession
• Haitian Vodoun Culture Language
  Haitian Vodoun Culture Language
  Haitian Vodoun Culture Language is an unclassified language used in Haiti. It is also known as Langay and Langaj . This language is used for religion, song, and dance purposes...
  
  
• West African Pidgin English
  West African Pidgin English
  West African Pidgin English, also called Guinea Coast Creole English, was the lingua franca, or language of commerce, spoken along the West African coast during the period of the Atlantic slave trade...