Papiamento Phrasebook: A collection of phrases and vocabulary in Papiamento, English, Spanish, Portuguese and Dutch. (Words R Us Bilingual Phrasebooks)

This phrasebook contains terms and phrases in Papiamento, English, Spanish, Portuguese and Dutch. We also publish an English / Papiamento Dictionary.This dictionary is derived from our Words R Us system.Papiamento is a Creole language containing elements of Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, English and French, as well as Arawakan and African languages. It is spoken by about 330,000 people in Curaçao, Bonaire and Aruba, which were formerly known as the Netherlands Antilles. There are also Papiamento speakers in the Netherlands and Sint Maarten. In Curaçao and Bonaire the language is known as Papiamentu, and it is known as Papiamento in Aruba. Papiamentu, Dutch and English are the official languages of Curaçao; Papiamentu and Dutch are official in Bonaire, and in Aruba the official languages are Papiamento and Dutch.Papiamentu is a moving target. It varies from island to island, neighborhood to neighborhood, generation to generation. Linguists have various opinions about the history, phonology and grammar. Native speakers often disagree about the details.Many Papiamento speakers are multilingual and are also able to speak Dutch, English and Spanish. Read more