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Answer» What is Papiamento mean? Papiamento (English: ) or Papiamentu (English: ; Dutch: Papiaments) is a Spanish and Portuguese-based creole language spoken in the Dutch Caribbean. It is the most widely spoken language on the Caribbean ABC islands (Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao) having official status in Aruba and Curaçao. Papiamento is also a recognized language in the Dutch public bodies of Bonaire, Sint-Eustatius and Saba. Papiamento (Aruba) or Papiamentu (Bonaire and Curaçao) is largely based on Old Spanish and Portuguese (including Judaeo-Portuguese), and has been influenced considerably by Dutch and Venezuelan Spanish. Due to lexical similarities between Spanish and Portuguese, it is difficult to pinpoint the exact origin of some words. Though there are different theories about its origins, most linguists now believe that Papiamento emerged from the Spanish-Portuguese creole languages of the West African coasts, as it has many similarities with Cape Verdean Creole and Guinea-Bissau Creole. reference
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