Tuesday, September 18, 2018

Papiamento

Papiamento is a language spoken on the Caribbean islands of Aruba, Bonaire and Curacao. They were formerly known as the Netherlands Antilles. Though Papiamento is a language based on Portuguese, it also has influences from Dutch, Spanish and African languages. Here are the numbers from one to ten:

unu
dos
tres
kuater
sinku
seis
shete
ocho
nuebe
dies

Though Papiamento is based on Portuguese, the numbers are more similar to those of Spanish. This is the case with dos, ocho, nuebe and dies which are dos, ocho, nueve and diez in Spanish. In Portuguese these numbers are dois, oito, nove and dez.

Papiamento is a Creole language which is based on Portuguese but has strong influences from Dutch, Spanish and African languages. With respect to the numbers, Papiamento reflects a strong influence from Spanish. The language has three dialects which correspond to the three islands where it is spoken.


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