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Papiamentu

Syllabification: (Pa·pia·men·tu)
(also Papiamento /-tō/)
Definition of Papiamentu

noun

  • a Spanish Creole language with admixtures of Portuguese and Dutch, spoken on the Caribbean islands of Aruba, Bonaire, and Curaçao.

Origin:

from Spanish Papiamento

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