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.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Papiamento canonical 19
Papiamentu 14
Aruban Papiamento 1

How this entity was disambiguated

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 Aruban Papiamento
linked to: Papiamento

Bonairean Papiamentu
linked to: Papiamento

Curaçaoan Papiamentu
linked to: Papiamento
hasGlottocode papi1253
hasInfluenceFrom African languages
Arawak languages
linked to: Arawakan languages

Dutch
English
hasMajorInfluenceFrom Portuguese
linked to: Portuguese language

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
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

How these facts were elicited

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 Aruban Papiamento
linked to: Papiamento
Papiamento hasDialect Curaçaoan Papiamentu
linked to: Papiamento
Papiamento hasDialect Bonairean Papiamentu
linked to: Papiamento
Afro-Caribbean people language Papiamento
Aruba officialLanguage Papiamento
Curaçao officialLanguage Papiamentu
linked to: Papiamento
Curaçao national football team languageOfAssociation Papiamentu
linked to: Papiamento
Bonaire recognizedLanguage Papiamentu
linked to: Papiamento
Caribbean islands language Papiamento
Afro-Arubans language Papiamento
Afro-Bonairians language Papiamentu
linked to: Papiamento
Afro-Curacaoans languageSpoken Papiamentu
linked to: Papiamento
Afro-Curacaoans usesCreoleLanguage Papiamentu
linked to: Papiamento
Dutch Caribbean language Papiamento
Portuguese Creole hasSubgroup Papiamento
Oranjestad hasCommonLanguage Papiamento
Aruban florin languageOfName Papiamento
San Nicolaas languageUsed Papiamento
Willemstad commonLanguage Papiamentu
linked to: Papiamento
ABC islands language Papiamento
Estates of Curaçao languageUsed Papiamentu
linked to: Papiamento
FFK languageOfName Papiamentu
linked to: Papiamento
Caribbean Dutch influencedBy Papiamento
Kralendijk hasCommonLanguage Papiamentu
linked to: Papiamento
San Nicolas hasLanguage Papiamento
Afro-Dutch language Papiamento
Caribbean peoples speakLanguage Papiamento
Curaçao Carnival languageUsed Papiamentu
linked to: Papiamento
Seú harvest parade languageUsed Papiamentu
linked to: Papiamento
Afro-Bonaireans language Papiamentu
linked to: Papiamento