Papiamento

Papiamento
Papiamento
Papiamentu
Native to	Aruba, Curaçao, Caribbean Netherlands: Bonaire
Native speakers	412,694
Language family	Portuguese Creole Upper Guinea Creole Papiamento; ;
Writing system	Latin (Papiamento orthography)
Official status
Official language in	Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao
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/)^[2] or Papiamentu (English: /ˌpɑːpiəˈmɛntuː/) is a creole language spoken in the Caribbean. It is the most common language on the ABC islands of Aruba, Bonaire, and Curaçao. It is also commonly spoken in Sint Eustatius and Saba.

References change

↑ www.ethnologue.com
↑ Wells, John C. (2008), Longman Pronunciation Dictionary (3rd ed.), Longman, ISBN 978-1-4058-8118-0

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Papiamento
Papiamentu
Native to	Aruba, Curaçao, Caribbean Netherlands: Bonaire
Native speakers	412,694^[1]
Language family	Portuguese Creole Upper Guinea Creole Papiamento
Writing system	Latin (Papiamento orthography)
Official status
Official language in	Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao
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