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Papiamento

Papiamento (English: ) or Papiamentu (English: ; Dutch: Papiaments [??pa??pija????m??nts]) is a Portuguese-based creole language spoken in the Dutch Caribbean. It is the most widely spoken language on the ABC islands (Aruba, Bonaire, and Cura??ao). The language, spelled Papiamento in Aruba and Papiamentu in Bonaire and Cura??ao, is largely based on Portuguese as spoken in the 15th and 16th centuries, and has been influenced considerably by Dutch and Venezuelan Spanish. Due to lexical similarities between Portuguese and Spanish, it is difficult to pinpoint the exact origin of some words. Though there are different theories about its origins, most linguists now believe that Papiamento emerged from the Portuguese...

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