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| Papiamento | |
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| Papiamentu | |
| Native to | Dutch Caribbean |
Native speakers | 350.000 (2001–2024)[1] |
Portuguese-based creole languages
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| Latin (Papiamento orthography) | |
| Official status | |
Official language in | Aruba Bonaire Curaçao[a] |
| 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][page needed] 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 ABC islands (Aruba, Bonaire, and Curaçao).[4]
The language, spelled Papiamento in Aruba and Papiamentu in Bonaire and Curaçao, is largely based on Portuguese (as spoken in the 15th and 16th centuries), and has been influenced considerably by Dutch and Venezuelan Spanish. Due to lexical similarities between Portuguese and Spanish, 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-based creole languages of the West African coasts,[5] as it has many similarities with Cape Verdean Creole and Guinea-Bissau Creole.[6][7][page needed]
- ^ Papiamento at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- ^ "Invoeringswet openbare lichamen Bonaire, Sint Eustatius en Saba" (in Dutch). wetten.nl. Retrieved 1 January 2011.
- ^ Wells 2008.
- ^ "Language and education in The Caribbean Netherlands".
- ^ 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 2000.
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