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	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Papiamento
		Papiamento or Papiamentu is the primary language spoken on the Caribbean islands of Aruba, Bonaire, and Curaçao (the so-called ABC islands).
		Aruba’s native language of Papiamento embodies the friendliness for which the local population is known, with the language marked with an inclusive and open nature as represented in its unique sayings and mannerisms.
		Papiamento would have continued to be used as the language of instruction until Dutch subsidies came with the stipulation that lessons be taught solely in Dutch.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Papiamento (641 words)

	Languages of Aruba - English, Dutch, Papiamento, Spanish
		Dutch and the local language of Papiamento are the official languages of Aruba, but most Arubans speak a minimum of four languages including English and Spanish.
		Through the middle of the 19th century, Papiamento was the language of choice for written materials, including Roman Catholic hymnals and schoolbooks.
		Although in use as the native language for 300 years, Papiamento was only declared Aruba’s official language, alongside Dutch, as of March 19, 2003.
	www.aruba.com /pages/language.htm (332 words)

	The Papiamento Language
		Papiamento is a creole language that is spoken on the Dutch Antilles and Aruba, and of course everywhere else where the people from Aruba, Bonaire and CuraÃ§ao live, like in the Netherlands and the US.
		The first written account in Papiamento is from 1776, a letter from a CuraÃ§ao Jew to his mistress (also of European Jewish descent).
		Papiamento with an o is the Arubian name; on Curaçao and Bonaire the language is called Papiamentu.
	www.xs4all.nl /~rvjansen/papiamen.html (705 words)

	Papiamento Translation - Translate Papiamento Language Translator
		In fact, we are the only agency on the market which can fully translate Papiamento to literally any language in the world.
		Translate to Papiamento your legal correspondence and financial documents and you will get a competitive advantage over other companies which havent done that yet.
		Due to the resemblance between the two tongues, it is difficult to tell whether a particular word came from one or from the other.
	www.translation-services-usa.com /languages/papiamento.shtml (579 words)

	Carribean conundrum \| October 2006 \| New Internationalist
		But the native language is Papiamento – an Atlantic Creole that combines Spanish, Dutch and African-Portuguese (the language of the slaves brought from Cape Verde and other Portuguese colonies).
		‘Papiamento is definitely being eroded by so much Spanish,’ says 33-year-old Freddy Hardy Orozco, a Colombian migrant married to an Aruban.
		Papiamento is only spoken in Aruba, and the neighbouring Netherlands Antilles Islands of Bonaire and Curacao.
	www.newint.org /columns/currents/2006/10/01/language (697 words)

	René's Palindromes in Papiamento
		These are palindromes (sentences which read the same front to back as back to front) in the Papiamento language.
		Rolf a caca flor rolf acac a floR Rolf heeft bloemen gepoept Rolf shit flowers (Actually, he is a good friend of mine and denies this firmly) Sopi nita patin i pos sop i nitap atin ipoS This is left untranslated.
		The only other palindrome in Papiamento I knew to exist was "Ata, Salas ata!", by Carel de Hageth from Klein St. Michielsgestel, Curaçao, quoted from Battus, SymmyS, Querido Amsterdam 1991.
	www.xs4all.nl /~rvjansen/pappalin.html (238 words)

	Aruba Facts - General Knowledge - Language
		Our language's name is derived from the Portuguese verb 'papear' which means 'to jabber' or the verb in Spanish meaning to speak incoherently.
		The word 'papiamento' also has the same meaning as parliament which is derived from the French word 'parler' (to speak).
		Papiamento began in the 1500s to enable African slaves to communicate with their owners who had fled the Spanish Inquisition.
	www.visitaruba.com /facts/general/language.html (276 words)

	Papiamento
		Papiamento came from the neighboring island of Curacao in the 1500's to enable African slaves to communicate with their owners.
		Papiamento is the native language, only spoken on the ABC islands (Aruba, Bonaire and Curacao).
		The government decided that it was best to put Papiamento in the schools and in the school year of 1998/1999, Papiamento was officially taught as a new language subject in school.
	www.carigem.org /papiamento.htm (490 words)

	Aruba Languages \| aruba-guide.info
		Papiamento, a wild combination of Dutch, English, French, Portuguese and Spanish, is the language originated in the trio of islands called the ABC islands.
		Papiamento was initially created in 16th century Curaçao as a slave language that allowed slaves and slave owners to communicate.
		Papiamento's cadence is influenced by missionaries from Portugal and Spain as well as the native Arawaks.
	aruba-guide.info /travel.basics/languages (420 words)

	KIRING DONGO
		In their opinion, Papiamento is a direct descendant of the Spanish that was used in the area during the Spanish rule, and the admittedly small Portuguese, English, and Dutch influence came later.
		Papiamento is a language that developed out of the sociohistorical situation of seventeenth and eighteenth century Curacao, where a pidginized variety of Spanish was used as a contact language between master and slaves and among Africans of diverse ethnic origins in the plantation economy of the time.
		Being that Papiamento is mostly spoken, it was essential to have this language installed in the schools, public facilities as well as throughout the country.
	home.mindspring.com /~johnqu/LANGUAGES.htm (4413 words)

	ArubaHouse - Aruba House - Papiamento Words & Phrases
		Papiamento is the native language, only spoken on the ABC islands (Aruba, Bonaire and Curacao).
		The citizens of Aruba did not consider the native language of Papiamento to be important until 1995, when voices were raised in the community that Papiamento is a language that should have equal value with the other languages.
		The government decided that it was best to put Papiamento in the schools and in the school year of 1998/1999, Papiamento was officially taught as a new language subject in school.
	www.thearubahouse.com /papiamento.html (453 words)

	Papiamento leren op Internet
		Papiamento is de lokale taal op Aruba, Bonaire en Curaçao.
		Papiamento is een mengtaal die in de 17e/18e eeuw ontstond uit een aantal verschillende talen, waaronder het Nederlands.
		Papiamento is een Creoolse taal, die wordt gesproken op de Nederlandse Antillen, in het bijzonder op Bonaire, Curacao en Aruba, waar het als de voertaal wordt beschouwd.
	www.leren.nl /rubriek/talen/papiamento (222 words)

	Le papiamento (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Les autres locuteurs du papiamento sont dispersés dans les îles des Antilles, notamment à Saint-Martin, Porto Rico (200 locuteurs) et les îles Vierges américaines (200), ainsi que sur les côtes du Surinam, du Venezuela (île Bonaire) et du Nicaragua.
		L’origine portugaise du papiamento s’explique par le fait que des centaines de milliers des Noirs attendirent parfois durant de longues semaines dans les ports africains détenus par les négriers portugais avant d’être envoyés dans les colonies du Nouveau Monde.
		Le papiamento présente de nombreuses similitudes avec le krioulo, le créole portugais que l'on parle toujours en Afrique occidentale, notamment dans les îles du Cap-Vert et en Guinée-Bissau, mais aussi au Sénégal et en Gambie.
	www.tlfq.ulaval.ca /axl/amsudant/papiamento.htm (702 words)

	Aruba (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Cela dit, c'est le papiamento qui est redevenu la langue véhiculaire normale des insulaires.
		Du côté des affiliations linguistiques, mentionnons que le papiamento fait partie des créoles ; le néerlandais et l'anglais, des langues germaniques ; l'espagnol, des langues romanes ; le filipino, des langues austronésiennes (malayo-polynésiennes occidentales) ; le chinois, des langues sino-tibétaines ; le turc, des langues altaïques.
		Comme les habitants provenaient de plusieurs origines ethniques, ils utilisèrent, dès le début de la colonisation, leur langue arawak (jusqu’à son extinction), le papiamento, l’espagnol, le néerlandais ou l’anglais.
	www.tlfq.ulaval.ca /axl/amsudant/aruba.htm (2291 words)

	Definition of Papiamento - Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
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	www.m-w.com /cgi-bin/dictionary?va=papiamentos (34 words)

	Papiamento \| Restaurant Review \| Aruba \| Frommers.com
		Originally from Holland, the Ellis family has served award-winning Caribbean food in their 200-year-old cunucu (farm) home for almost two decades.
		Coffee snobs, take note: Papiamento's espresso may be the island's best.
		Note: This information was accurate when it was published, but can change without notice.
	www.frommers.com /destinations/aruba/D54007.html (288 words)

	Papiamento - Aruba Aruba - Review of Papiamento
		Papiamento - Aruba Aruba - Review of Papiamento
		Originally from Holland, the Ellis family has served award-winning Caribbean food in their 200-year-old cunucu (farm) home for almost two decades.
		Coffee snobs, take note: Papiamento's espresso may be the island's best.
	www.sidestep.com /travel-restaurant-d54007-papiamento_aruba (219 words)

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