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A list of 200 basic Papiamento words can be found in the standard Swadesh list, with etymological reference to the language of origin. There is a remarkable similarity between words in Papiamento, Cape Verdean Creole, and Guinea-Bissau Creole, which all belong to the same language family of the Upper Guinea Creoles .
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 population is able to converse in at least three of the languages of Papiamento, Dutch, English, and Spanish.
2 List of languages by the number of countries in which they are the most widely used. ... Papiamento: Aruba (with Dutch) Curaçao (with Dutch and English)
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. Among the differences between the two standards, one obvious difference is the way the name of the language is written.
This article is a resource of the native names of most of the major languages in the world. ... Papiamento – Papiamentu Official language in: Aruba, Bonaire and ...
The following is a list of groupings of Romance languages, with some languages chosen to exemplify each grouping. ... Papiamento (Dutch Antilles official language ...
The fourth official language is Papiamento, spoken on Bonaire. [277] The only national language of the United Kingdom is English, however, there are several regional languages recognised to varying degrees in the UK or the Crown dependencies: England: Cornish is currently recognised under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages.
Papiamento is the official language in Aruba, Bonaire, and Curaçao; it has been classified as either a Spanish-based or a Portuguese-based creole. [ 55 ] [ 56 ] Chamorro is an Austronesian language with many Spanish loanwords; some scholars have considered it a creole, but the most authoritative sources deny this.