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Papiamento is primarily spoken on the ABC Islands and to a lesser extent by the Dutch Caribbean diaspora, [29] namely in the Netherlands. Papiamento is also spoken by a smaller number of speakers in Sint Maarten, [30] Saba and Sint Eustatius. [31] An earlier, now-extinct form of Papiamento was formerly spoken on the Paraguana peninsula of ...
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Judeao-Papiamento is generally mutually intelligible with Papiamento, the main language of most Curaçaoans, locally known as Papiamentu.Papiamento is usually considered an originally Portuguese-based creole language that was subsequently partly relexified by Spanish, but some linguists argue the opposite, viewing it as a Spanish-based creole with a strong Portuguese influence.
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].
The 1969 Curaçao uprising (Papiamento: Trinta di Mei, ' Thirtieth of May ') was a series of riots on the Caribbean island of Curaçao, then part of the Netherlands Antilles, a semi-independent country in the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The uprising took place mainly on 30 May but continued into the night of 31 May – 1 June 1969.
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Pages in category "Papiamento-language writers" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
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