Languages of Aruba
See language map.[See also SIL publications on the languages of Aruba.]
Aruba. 103,000. National or official languages: Dutch, Papiamentu. Government has been autonomous from Netherlands Antilles since 1986. All parties agree for it to remain part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Immigrant languages: Spanish (9,700), Sranan. The number of individual languages listed for Aruba is 3. Of those, all are living languages.
| Dutch | [nld]
5,290 in Aruba, decreasing.
Classification: Indo-European, Germanic, West, Low Saxon-Low Franconian, Low Franconian
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| English | [eng]
3,000 in Aruba.
Dialects: Aruba English.
Classification: Indo-European, Germanic, West, English
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| Papiamentu | [pap]
60,000 in Aruba (1999).
Alternate names: Curaçoleño, Curassese, Papiam, Papiamento, Papiamentoe.
Classification: Creole, Iberian based
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