Papiamento

E8930

Papiamento is a creole language primarily spoken in the Caribbean islands of Aruba, Curaçao, and Bonaire, with communities of speakers also found in parts of Europe and the Americas.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Papiamento canonical 19
Papiamentu 14
Aruban Papiamento 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf creole language
language
closelyRelatedTo Cape Verdean Creole
Guinea-Bissau Creole
developedFrom Afro-Iberian contact varieties
Afro-Portuguese pidgins
developedInCentury 17th century
18th century
hasApproximateNumberOfSpeakers 300000
hasDialect Papiamento self-linksurface differs
surface form: Aruban Papiamento

Papiamento self-linksurface differs
surface form: Bonairean Papiamentu

Papiamento self-linksurface differs
surface form: Curaçaoan Papiamentu
hasGlottocode papi1253
hasInfluenceFrom African languages
Arawakan languages
surface form: Arawak languages

Dutch
English
hasMajorInfluenceFrom Portuguese language
surface form: Portuguese

Spanish
hasWritingSystem Latin alphabet
ISO639-1Code pap
ISO639-2Code pap
ISO639-3Code pap
languageFamily Ibero-Romance creole
Portuguese-based creole
officialLanguageOf Aruba
Bonaire
Curaçao
primaryWordOrder SVO
recognizedMinorityLanguageIn Netherlands
region Lesser Antilles
spokenBy Afro-Caribbean communities
Dutch Caribbean diaspora
spokenIn Aruba
Bonaire
Caribbean
Colombia
Curaçao
Netherlands
United States of America
surface form: United States

Venezuela
usedIn education in Aruba
education in Curaçao
local government in Aruba
local government in Curaçao
media in Aruba
media in Curaçao
usesOrthography Aruban orthography
Curaçao-Bonaire orthography
writingDirection left-to-right

Referenced by (36)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Amsterdam hasMinorityLanguage Papiamento
Caribbean hasLanguage Papiamento
Papiamento hasDialect Papiamento self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Aruban Papiamento
Papiamento hasDialect Papiamento self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Curaçaoan Papiamentu
Papiamento hasDialect Papiamento self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Bonairean Papiamentu
Afro-Caribbean people language Papiamento
Aruba officialLanguage Papiamento
Curaçao officialLanguage Papiamento
this entity surface form: Papiamentu
Curaçao national football team languageOfAssociation Papiamento
this entity surface form: Papiamentu
Bonaire recognizedLanguage Papiamento
this entity surface form: Papiamentu
Caribbean islands language Papiamento
Afro-Arubans language Papiamento
Afro-Bonairians language Papiamento
this entity surface form: Papiamentu
Afro-Curacaoans languageSpoken Papiamento
this entity surface form: Papiamentu
Afro-Curacaoans usesCreoleLanguage Papiamento
this entity surface form: Papiamentu
Dutch Caribbean language Papiamento
Portuguese Creole hasSubgroup Papiamento
Oranjestad hasCommonLanguage Papiamento
Aruban florin languageOfName Papiamento
San Nicolaas languageUsed Papiamento
Willemstad commonLanguage Papiamento
this entity surface form: Papiamentu
Historic Area of Willemstad, Inner City and Harbour commonLocalLanguage Papiamento
this entity surface form: Papiamentu
ABC islands language Papiamento
Estates of Curaçao languageUsed Papiamento
this entity surface form: Papiamentu
FFK languageOfName Papiamento
this entity surface form: Papiamentu
Caribbean Dutch influencedBy Papiamento
Kralendijk hasCommonLanguage Papiamento
this entity surface form: Papiamentu
San Nicolas hasLanguage Papiamento
Afro-Dutch language Papiamento
South America (offshore Caribbean island near Venezuela) recognizedLanguage Papiamento
subject surface form: Bonaire
Caribbean peoples speakLanguage Papiamento
Curaçao Carnival languageUsed Papiamento
this entity surface form: Papiamentu
Seú harvest parade languageUsed Papiamento
this entity surface form: Papiamentu
Afro-Bonaireans language Papiamento
this entity surface form: Papiamentu