Papiamento
creole language spoken in the Dutch West Indies
(Redirected from Papiamentu)
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.
Papiamento | |
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Papiamentu | |
Native to | Aruba, Curaçao, Caribbean Netherlands: Bonaire |
Native speakers | 412,694[1] |
Portuguese Creole
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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 |
References
change- ↑ www.ethnologue.com
- ↑ Wells, John C. (2008), Longman Pronunciation Dictionary (3rd ed.), Longman, ISBN 978-1-4058-8118-0
Papiamento edition of Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia