Bon dia!
say it: “bon DEE-ah”
Papiamento
in its own words: Papiamentu
- Speakers
- 300 thousand (estimate)
- Family
- creole
- Vitality
- Safe
- Where it is spoken
- Aruba, Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba, Curaçao, Netherlands
- Script
- Latin
- Official language
- Aruba, Curaçao (de facto)
Fun fact
Papiamentu arose on Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao from a Portuguese and Spanish base with Dutch and African elements. It is official on Aruba and Curaçao.