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Papiamento
Papiamentu
Native to
Dutch Caribbean
Native speakers
300,000 (2001–2019)[1]
Language family
Portuguese-based creole languages
Afro-Portuguese
Upper Guinea Creole
Papiamento
Writing system
Latin (Papiamento orthography)
Official status
Official language in
Aruba Bonaire Curaçao[2]
Language codes
ISO 639-2
pap
ISO 639-3
pap
Glottolog
papi1253
Linguasphere
51-AAC-be
Location map of Aruba, Bonaire, and Curaçao, where Papiamento is spoken
Papiamento (English: /ˌpɑːpiəˈmɛntoʊ/)[3] or Papiamentu (English: /ˌpɑːpiəˈmɛntuː/; Dutch: Papiaments[ˌpaːpijaːˈmɛnts]) is a Portuguese-based creole language spoken in the Dutch Caribbean. It is the most widely spoken language on the Caribbean ABC islands (Aruba, Bonaire, and Curaçao).
The language, spelled Papiamento in Aruba and Papiamentu in Bonaire and Curaçao, is largely based on colonial-era Portuguese and Spanish (including Judaeo-Portuguese), and has been influenced considerably by Dutch and Venezuelan Spanish. Due to lexical similarities between Spanish and Portuguese, it is difficult to pinpoint the exact origin of some words. Though there are different theories about its origins, most linguists now believe that Papiamento emerged from the Portuguese creole languages that developed in the West African coasts,[4] as it has many similarities with Cape Verdean Creole and Guinea-Bissau Creole.[5][6]
^Papiamento at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
^Papiamento can be used in relations with the Dutch government. "Invoeringswet openbare lichamen Bonaire, Sint Eustatius en Saba" (in Dutch). wetten.nl. Retrieved 1 January 2011.
^Wells, J. C. (2008). Longman Pronunciation Dictionary (3rd ed.). Harlow: Pearson Education Limited/Longman. ISBN 978-1-4058-8118-0.
^Quint, Nicolas (8 September 2011). "From West Africa to the Antilles, Dynamic Portuguese Creoles". Sorosoro. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
^Romero, Simon (5 July 2010). "Willemstad Journal: A Language Thrives in Its Caribbean Home". The New York Times.
^Lang, George (2000). Entwisted Tongues: Comparative Creole Literatures. Amsterdam: Rodopi. ISBN 90-420-0737-0.
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