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- proper noun A
creole language ofPortuguese and/orSpanish , spoken in the former-Antillean islands ofAruba ,Bonaire andCuraçao .
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Today, Aruba's official language is Papiamento, which is based on an African dialect, with bits of Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German and there are 90 different nationalities represented in 115,000 citizens who speak the native language along with Dutch and English.
Dwight Brown: Aruba: The Beach Is Just the Beginning... Dwight Brown 2011
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Today, Aruba's official language is Papiamento, which is based on an African dialect, with bits of Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German and there are 90 different nationalities represented in 115,000 citizens who speak the native language along with Dutch and English.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Dwight Brown 2011
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Aruba-specific activities such as Papiamento language lessons, island scavenger hunts and
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Papiamento, a 40-year-old restaurant owned and run by the Ellis family, started as a café in their white stucco villa.
Dwight Brown: Aruba: The Beach Is Just the Beginning... Dwight Brown 2011
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She knew a lot of Arubans spoke Papiamento, a form of Spanish.
A Good Man is Hard to Find ReShonda Tate Billingsley 2010
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She knew a lot of Arubans spoke Papiamento, a form of Spanish.
A Good Man is Hard to Find ReShonda Tate Billingsley 2010
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Languages: Papiamento 65.4% (a Spanish-Portuguese-Dutch-English dialect), English 15.9% (widely spoken), Dutch 7.3% (official), Spanish 6.1%, Creole 1.6%, other 1.9%, unspecified 1.8% (2001 census)
Netherlands Antilles 2009
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Languages: Papiamento 65.4% (a Spanish-Portuguese-Dutch-English dialect), English 15.9% (widely spoken), Dutch 7.3% (official), Spanish 6.1%, Creole 1.6%, other 1.9%, unspecified 1.8% (2001 census)
Netherlands Antilles 2009
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Languages: Papiamento (a Spanish-Portuguese-Dutch-English dialect) 66.3%, Spanish 12.6%, English (widely spoken) 7.7%, Dutch (official) 5.8%, other 2.2%, unspecified or unknown 5.3% (2000 census)
Aruba 2009
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Languages: French (official language), English, Dutch, French Patois, Spanish, Papiamento (dialect of Netherlands Antilles) GovernmentCountry name: conventional long form: Overseas Collectivity of Saint Martin conventional short form: Saint Martin local long form: Collectivity d'outre mer de Saint-Martin local short form: Saint-Martin
Saint Martin 2008
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