The following is the entry for this language as it appeared in the 14th edition (2000).
It was superseded by the corresponding entry in the 15th edition (2005). See also the corresponding entry in the current edition of Ethnologue.
SIL code: PAE
ISO 639-2: pap
| Population | 179,000 in Netherlands Antilles (1998), 84% of the population (1995). Population total all countries 329,000. |
| Region | Curaçao, St. Maartens, Bonaire islands off Venezuela coast and islands off Nicaragua. Also spoken in Aruba, Netherlands, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands. |
| Alternate names | PAPIAMENTO, PAPIAM, PAPIAMENTOE, PAPIAMEN, CURAÇOLEÑO, CURASSESE |
| Classification | Creole, Iberian based. |
| Comments | The language is becoming more like Spanish, which is prestigious. They use Dutch at school and with tourists, Spanish with Spanish-speaking persons, English with tourists. All domains. All ages. About 20,000 speak it as second language. Using both Papiamentu and Dutch is not considered an indication of lack of education. However, inability to use Dutch hinders social and political mobility, and leads to discontent. Dictionary. Grammar. Taught in first 2 years of primary school. Newspapers. Christian. Bible 1997. |
| Aruba |
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