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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.
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 .
Because e is stressed and changes the stress of the word to which it is affixed, it is always accented in Papiamentu when contracted, e.g. nos a traha e > nos a trah’é ('we made it'). Note: the pronunciation of Papiamento words with a c does not change when such words are contracted with di or e , i.e. the c in sac’i lamunchi , though ...
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Location map of Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao, where Papiamento is spoken. Papiamento, spoken on Aruba, Bonaire, and Curaçao, is closely related to the Upper Guinea Creoles: [1] Guinea-Bissau Creole, and especially with Cape Verdean Creole. Papiamento has a Portuguese basis, but has undergone a large Spanish [14] and considerable Dutch influence.
The Parliament of Curaçao [2] (Papiamento: Parlamento di Kòrsou) on the island of Curaçao, in the Dutch Caribbean region, consists of 21 members, each elected for a four-year term in a general election.
This category contains articles with Papiamento-language text. The primary purpose of these categories is to facilitate manual or automated checking of text in other languages. The primary purpose of these categories is to facilitate manual or automated checking of text in other languages.
Joceline Clemencia (30 November 1952 – 30 May 2011) was an Afro-Curaçaoan writer, linguist, feminist and independence activist. She advocated for the Creole language spoken in Curaçao, Papiamento, to become an official language and was successful in the struggle, having created both language schools and texts to further its cultural significance.