Papiamento

E8930

creole language language

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.

Aliases (4)

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 → surface form: "Aruban Papiamento" Papiamento → surface form: "Bonairean Papiamentu" Papiamento → 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 (18)

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

Papiamento → hasDialect → Papiamento →

this entity surface form: "Aruban Papiamento"

Papiamento → hasDialect → Papiamento →

this entity surface form: "Curaçaoan Papiamentu"

Papiamento → hasDialect → Papiamento →

this entity surface form: "Bonairean Papiamentu"

Caribbean → hasLanguage → Papiamento →

Amsterdam → hasMinorityLanguage → Papiamento →

Afro-Arubans → language → Papiamento →

Afro-Bonairians → language → Papiamento →