Curaçao (other)
) , image_map = Curacao in its region.svg , map_alt = Location of Curaçao , map_caption = Location of Curaçao (circled in red) , mapsize = 290px , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = , established_title = Before separation , established_date = Netherlands Antilles , established_title2 = Country status , established_date2 = 10 October 2010 , official_languages = , demonym = Curaçaoan , capital = Willemstad , coordinates = , largest_city = capital , ethnic_groups = 75.4% Curaçaoans9% Dutch3.6% Dominican3% Colombian1.2% Haitian1.2% Surinamese1.1% Venezuelan1.1% Aruban0.9% unspecified6% other , ethnic_groups_year = 2018 , government_type = Parliamentary representative democracy within ...
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Papiamento
Papiamento () or Papiamentu (; nl, Papiaments) is a Portuguese-based creole language spoken in the Dutch Caribbean. It is the most widely spoken language on the Caribbean ABC islands (Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao), with official status in Aruba and Curaçao. Papiamento is also a recognised language in the Dutch public bodies of Sint-Eustatius and Saba.Papiamento can be used in relations with the Dutch government. The language, spelled in Aruba and in Bonaire and Curaçao, is largely based on colonial-era Portuguese and Spanish (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 and Portuguese creole languages that developed in the West African coasts, as it has many similarities with Ca ...
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