Papiamentu

English

Alternative forms

• Papiamento

Etymology

From Portuguese papeamento. This spelling is used in Bonaire and Curaçao, while the spelling Papiamento is used in Aruba.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌpɑːpiəˈmɛntoʊ/, /ˌpɑːpiəˈmɛntuː/

Proper noun

Papiamentu

1. A Creole language spoken on the Caribbean islands of Aruba, Curaçao, and Bonaire.

Translations

language

• Arabic: الْبَابِيَامِنْتُو m (al-bābiyāmintū)
• Catalan: papiament (ca) m
• Corsican: papiamentu (co) m
• Dutch: Papiaments (nl) n
• Esperanto: Papiamento
• Finnish: papiamento (fi)
• French: papiamento (fr) m
• Frisian:

  West Frisian: Papiamintsk (fy) n

• Italian: papiamento (it) m
• Japanese: パピアメント語 (ja) (papiamentogo)
• Papiamentu: papiamentu (Bonaire, Curaçao), papiamento (Aruba)
• Portuguese: papeamento m, papiamento (pt) m
• Russian: папьяменто (ru) m (papʹjamento), папьяме́нту (ru) m (papʹjaméntu)
• Spanish: papiamento (es) m

Further reading

• Ethnologue entry for Papiamentu, pap ⁠
• Ethnologue entry for Papiamentu, pap ⁠

Papiamentu

Alternative forms

• papiamentu
• papiamento (Aruba)
• Papiamento (Aruba)

Noun

Papiamentu

1. (Bonaire, Curaçao) Papiamentu (a Portuguese and Spanish-based creole language spoken by the people of the ABC Islands and by their diaspora)