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Papiamento ( English: / ˌpɑːpiəˈmɛntoʊ /) [3] or Papiamentu ( English: / ˌpɑːpiəˈmɛntuː /; Dutch: Papiaments [ˌpaːpijaːˈmɛnts]) is a Portuguese-based creole language spoken in the Dutch Caribbean. It is the most widely spoken language on the Caribbean ABC islands ( Aruba, Bonaire, and Curaçao ).
According to the orthographies of both dialects, this only occurs when a word takes on a prefix, e.g. in - as in innatural ('unnatural'), or a suffix, e.g. - nan as in pannan ('breads'). 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 ...
Papiamento is a Creole language containing elements of Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, English and French, as well as Arawakan and African languages. It is spoken by about 330,000 people in Curaçao, Bonaire and Aruba, which were formerly known as the Netherlands Antilles.
O papiamento ou papiamentu (Aruba: papiamento; Curaçao/Bonaire: papiamentu) é uma língua crioula falada no Caribe Neerlandês. É a língua mais falada nas ilhas ABC, com status oficial em Aruba e Curaçau. Papiamento também é uma língua reconhecida nos órgãos públicos neerlandeses de Bonaire, Santo Eustáquio e Saba. [2]
Papiamento (English: / ˌ p ɑː p i ə ˈ m ɛ n t oʊ /) or Papiamentu (English: / ˌ p ɑː p i ə ˈ m ɛ n t uː /) is a creole language spoken in the Caribbean. It is the most common language on the ABC islands of Aruba , Bonaire , and Curaçao .
Papiamento is the mother language and together with the National anthem, flag and emblem it forms the identity of the Aruban community. The Papiamento language is called a ‘crioyo’ language, meaning that its origin comes from two or more groups of people that speak different dialects.
Gilberto François "Betico" Croes ( Papiamento pronunciation: [beˈtiko kɾus]; 25 January 1938 – 26 November 1986) was an Aruban political activist who was a proponent for Aruba's separation from the Netherlands Antilles.
