Papiamento

Papiamento

Papiamento (also called Papiamentu) is spoken in the three Leeward Islands of the Netherlands Antilles (Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao) where it is co-official with Dutch. Papiamento is a creole language that is mainly based on Spanish, but it has also been influenced by Portuguese, Dutch, English, French and other languages. The following table shows a few examples of Papiamento's heterogenous vocabulary:

Papiamento word	Origin
imahinashon	from Spanish imaginación (imagination)
yegada	from Spanish llegada (arrival)
shen	from Spanish cien (hundred)
wòchmèn	from English watchman
erkondeshen	from English air condition
wustein	from Dutch woestijn (desert)
hür	from Dutch huur (rent)
zjilèt	from French gilet (waistcoat)
wowo	eye, perhaps related to Yoruba wò (to look)

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