Papiamento

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Meaning

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

Etymology / origin

From Papiamentu Papiamento. Compare Portuguese papeamento (“chatter”). This spelling is used in Aruba, while the spelling Papiamentu is used in Bonaire and Curaçao.

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