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Nydia Ecury (2 February 1926 – 2 March 2012) was an Aruban-Dutch writer, translator and actress. She published five collections of poetry and translated plays of major European and American playwrights into the Papiamentu language, helping to develop the native dialect into a cultural language.
Papiamento (English: / ˌ p æ p i ə ˈ m ɛ n t oʊ, ˌ p ɑː-/) [3] or Papiamentu (English: /-t uː /; 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]
In Papiamentu, numerals are written as one word, e.g. dosshen ('two hundred') and are another example of where consonants may appear twice, but in Papiamento they are not, e.g. dos cien / shen. In Papiamento where the letter c is often used, the first c in words like acceso and occidente is pronounced [k].
As a writer, editor and translator Mansur was involved in a number of publications over a 35-year period ranging from an English–Papiamento dictionary to a History of Aruba to psychological historical romance and fiction, to Aruban republications and Papiamento translations of classics of English and world literature, such as Daniel Defoe's ...
Papiamento is spoken in the Dutch Caribbean. It is a Portuguese-based creole , [ 7 ] with a large influence from Spanish , some influence from Dutch and a little from Indigenous American languages , English and African languages.
Translation Request ———— → Papiamento orthography ———— Translation status: Stage 1 : Request Comment: comment here Requested by: ~ RayLast « Talk! » 18:32, 11 February 2008 (UTC) Interest of the translation: Nicely detailed article about the orthography of the language
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Papiamento was not considered important on Aruba until 1995. It was officially included in the school curriculum in 1998 and 1999. Since then, the island has embraced this native language. A Papiamento dictionary and fairy tales written in Papiamento are now readily available on the island. Aruba is a multilingual society. Most of Aruba's ...