牙買加克里奧爾語主要以口頭語言的形式存在，不過大量用於音樂創作，尤其是在雷鬼、舞場雷鬼（英語：dancehall）以及其他流派中。儘管在牙買加大多數書面語中都使用標準的英式英語，但將近一百年來，牙買加方言也不斷以文學語言的形式出現。克勞德·麥凱於1912年出版了他的牙買加詩集《牙買加之歌》（Songs of Jamaica）。[8]
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