Papiamentu language
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Name (Hebrew)
שפת פפיאמנטו
Name (Latin)
Papiamentu language
Name (Arabic)
لغة البابيامنتو
Other forms of name
Curaçoleño language
Curassese language
Papago language (Lesser Antilles)
Papaimento language
Papamiento language
Papiam language
Papiamen language
nne Papiamento
Papiamentoe language
nne Papiamentu
See Also From tracing topical name
Creole dialects Antilles, Lesser
See Also From tracing place name
Antilles, Lesser
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Wikidata:
Q33856
Library of congress:
sh 85097670
Sources of Information
- Ethnologue online, June 1, 2011:(Papiamentu: a language of Netherlands Antilles; region: Curaçao, St. Maarten, Bonaire Islands (off Venezuela coast). Also in Aruba, Netherlands, Puerto Rico, United States, U.S. Virgin Islands; alternate names: Curaçoleño, Curassese, Papiam, Papiamen, Papiamento, Papiamentoe; classification: Creole, Iberian based)
- MultiTree WWW site, June 1, 2011:(Papiamentu language: alternate names: Papiamento; Papago; Papiam; Papiamentoe; Papiamen; Curaçoleño; Curassese; spoken in Aruba, U.S. Virgin Islands, Netherlands, Puerto Rico, Netherlands Antilles; families: Pidgins and Creoles)
- Papiamentu/Ingles dikshonario bilingual = English/Papiamentu bilingual dictionary, 2008:p. xi (a written and spoken language developed from Arawak Indian, Spanish, Dutch, African dialects, Portuguese, and a smattering of English and French) p. ix (Papiamentu language)
- Ethnologue, via WWW, Sept. 19, 2016(Papiamentu; a language of Curacao; ISO 639-3: pap; alternate names: Curaçoleño, Curassese, Papiamen, Papiamento, Papiamentoe; classification: Creole, Iberian based; also spoken in: Aruba, Caribbean Netherlands, Sint Maarten)
- www.papiamentu.com, Sept. 19, 2016:welcome page (Papiamentu is the local language of the ABC Islands - Aruba, Bonaire, and Curaçao; Papiamentu is a mixture of Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, English, French, and it also has some Arawak Indian and African influences. Papiamentu is one of the few Creole Languages of the Caribbean that has survived to the present day; predominately a spoken language among the local people of Curaçao, Bonaire, and Aruba. The official language is Dutch, and the written Papiamentu is limited to some local newspapers and literature) The name "Papiamentu" (Papiamento is another way to spell Papiamentu; the Bonairen name for Papiamentu is Papiamen)
- Britannica online, Sept. 19, 2016(Papiamentu, also spelled Papiamento, creole language based on Portuguese but heavily influenced by Spanish; spoken primarily on the Caribbean islands of Curaçao, Aruba, and Bonaire. It is an official language of Curaçao and Aruba)
- InfoBonaire website, Sept. 19, 2016(Papiamentu, the native language of Bonaire; widely spoken on Aruba, Bonaire, Curacao; those on St. Maartin, along with our sister islands Saba and Statia, speak English, although many residents do speak Papiamentu as well)
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Dushi Caribbean style mural
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Translated in Papiamentu by Martinus Joannes Niewindt (1826/1837)
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File:Dushi Caribbean style mural.jpg
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Wikipedia description:
Papiamento (English: ) or Papiamentu (English: ; 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). 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, as it has many similarities with Cape Verdean Creole and Guinea-Bissau Creole.
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