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Papiamento is primarily spoken on the ABC Islands and to a lesser extent by the Dutch Caribbean diaspora, [30] namely in the Netherlands. Papiamento is also spoken by a smaller number of speakers in Sint Maarten, [31] Saba and Sint Eustatius. [32] An earlier, now-extinct form of Papiamento was formerly spoken on the Paraguana peninsula of ...
Papiamento has two standardised orthographies, one used on the island of Aruba and the other on the islands of Curaçao and Bonaire.The Aruban orthography is more etymological in nature, while the other is more phonemic.
Judaeo-Papiamento, or Jewish Papiamentu, is an endangered Jewish language and an ethnolect of Papiamento spoken by the Sephardic Jewish community of Curaçao in the Dutch Caribbean. It is likely the only living Jewish ethnolect based on a creole language and the only one based on a language native to the Kingdom of the Netherlands .
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 ...
Papiamento (a Portuguese and Spanish-based Creole language) (official and most spoken language of Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao) [2] There are also a number of creoles and local patois. Dozens of the creole languages of the Caribbean are widely used informally among the general population. There are also a few additional smaller indigenous languages.
The Colony of Curaçao and Dependencies (Dutch: Kolonie Curaçao en onderhorigheden; Papiamento: Kolonia di Kòrsou i dependensianan) was a Dutch colony in the Caribbean Sea from 1634 until 1828 and from 1845 until 1954.
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This category page lists people who speak or spoke Papiamento with some degree of fluency, but not necessary as native speakers. Subcategories This category has only the following subcategory.