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Bonaire

Languages

Description

As Bonaire is part of the Netherlands, Dutch is the official language, and the sole language for all administration and legal matters. However, as at 2017 it is the main language of only 15% of the population — around two thirds use the creole language of Papiamento as their main language. Spanish was the main language of 11.8% of the people in 2001.

Word List(s)

Papiamento

• Useful Papiamento phrases (Omniglot)
• Learn Papiamento - Word list (TourismBonaire)

Papiamentu	English
Dia	Day
Djadumingu	Sunday
Djaluna	Monday
Djamars	Tuesday
Djárason	Wednesday
Djaweps	Thursday
Djabièrnè	Friday
Djasabra	Saturday

Papiamentu	English
Luna	Month
Yanüari	January
Febrüari	February
Mart	March
Aprel	April
Mei	May
Yüni	June
Yüli	July
Ougùstùs	August
Sèptèmber	September
Òktober	October
Novèmber	November
Desèmber	December

Papiamentu	English
Un	One
Dos	Two
Tres	Three
Kuater	Four
Sinku	Five
Seis	Six
Shete	Seven
Ocho	Eight
Nuebe	Nine
Dies	Ten

Dutch

• Dutch Genealogical Word List
• Useful Dutch phrases (Omniglot)

Spanish

• Spanish Genealogical Word List
• Useful Spanish phrases (Omniglot)

Alphabet and Pronunciation

Papiamento

• Papiamento Alphabet and Pronunciation (Omniglot)
• Papiamento Alphabet and Pronunciation (Wikipedia)

Dutch

• Dutch Alphabet and Pronunciation (Omniglot)
• Dutch Alphabet and Pronunciation (Wikipedia)

Spanish

• Spanish Alphabet and Pronunciation (Omniglot)
• Spanish Alphabet and Pronunciation (Wikipedia)

Language Aids and Dictionaries

Papiamento

• Papiamento to English Dictionary (Glosbe)
• Papiamento for Beginners (unilang)

Dutch or Netherlands

• Netherlands Handwriting
• Dutch to English Dictionary (Glosbe)
• Learn Dutch in 5 minutes a day (duolingo)
• Introduction to Dutch (FutureLearn)

Spanish

• Spanish Letter Writing Guide
• Spanish Handwriting Clarified
• Spanish to English Dictionary (Glosbe)
• Spanish Records Extraction Manual
• The Spanish Documents Script Tutorial (BYU.EDU)

Additional Resources

• Bonaire (Britannica)
• Bonaire (Wikitravel)
• Bonaire (Wikivoyage)