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Papiamento


Name	Papiamento
Nativename	Papiamento
Familycolor	Creole
States	Aruba Bonaire Curaçao Caribbean Netherlands
Nation	Aruba Bonaire Curaçao Caribbean Netherlands
Region	Caribbean islands
Speakers	329,002
Fam1	Creole language
Fam2	Portuguese Creole
Iso2	pap\|iso3=pap\|lingua=51-AAC-be
Notice	IPA

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Papiamento (or Papiamentu) is the most widely spoken language on the Caribbean ABC islands, having the official status on the islands of Aruba and Curaçao. The language is also recognised on Bonaire by the Dutch government.

Papiamento is a creole language derived from either Portuguese or Spanish with some influences from English, and Dutch. Papiamento has two main dialects: Papiamento, spoken primarily on Aruba; and Papiamentu, spoken primarily on Bonaire and Curaçao.

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