patois

noun

1. 1

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

2. 2

   Any of various French or Occitan dialects spoken in France.

3. 3

   Creole French in the Caribbean (especially in Dominica, St. Lucia, Trinidad and Tobago and Haiti).

4. 4

   Jamaican Patois, a Jamaican creole language primarily based on English and African languages but also has influences from Spanish, Portuguese and Hindi.

5. 5

   Jargon or cant.