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Bonaire

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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. ^[1]

Word List(s)

Papiamento

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

Spanish

Alphabet and Pronunciation

Papiamento

Dutch

Spanish

Language Aids and Dictionaries

Papiamento

Dutch or Netherlands

Spanish

Additional Resources

References

↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Bonaire," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonaire#Languages, accessed 11 Aug 2021.

[1] Wikipedia contributors, "Bonaire," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonaire#Languages, accessed 11 Aug 2021.

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-The official languages are Dutch, Papiamentu, and English. English became an official language of the Netherlands Antilles in March, 2007. In practice, it is not used for official purposes on Bonaire. Spanish and English are widely spoken on the island.
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+==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. <ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Bonaire," in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'', https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonaire#Languages, accessed 11 Aug 2021.</ref>
+==Word List(s)==
+'''Papiamento'''
+*[https://omniglot.com/language/phrases/papiamento.php Useful Papiamento phrases (Omniglot)]
+*[https://www.tourismbonaire.com/bonaire-learn-papiamentu Learn Papiamento - Word list (TourismBonaire)]
+{| class="wikitable"
+|-
+! Papiamentu !! English
+|-
+| '''Dia''' || '''Day'''
+|-
+| Djadumingu || Sunday
+|-
+| Djaluna || Monday
+|-
+| Djamars || Tuesday
+|-
+| Djárason || Wednesday
+|-
+| Djaweps || Thursday
+|-
+| Djabièrnè || Friday
+|-
+| Djasabra || Saturday
+|-
+|}
+{| class="wikitable"
+|-
+! 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
+|-
+|}
+{| class="wikitable"
+|-
+! 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|Dutch Genealogical Word List]]
+*[https://omniglot.com/language/phrases/dutch.php Useful Dutch phrases (Omniglot)]
+'''Spanish'''
+*[[Spanish Genealogical Word List|Spanish Genealogical Word List]]
+*[https://omniglot.com/language/phrases/spanish.php Useful Spanish phrases (Omniglot)]
+==Alphabet and Pronunciation==
+'''Papiamento'''
+*[https://omniglot.com/writing/papiamento.php Papiamento Alphabet and Pronunciation (Omniglot)]
+*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papiamento_orthography#Alphabet Papiamento Alphabet and Pronunciation (Wikipedia)]
-[[Category:Netherlands]]
+'''Dutch'''
+*[https://omniglot.com/writing/dutch.htm Dutch Alphabet and Pronunciation (Omniglot)]
+*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_orthography Dutch Alphabet and Pronunciation (Wikipedia)]
+'''Spanish'''
+*[https://omniglot.com/writing/spanish.htm Spanish Alphabet and Pronunciation (Omniglot)]
+*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_orthography Spanish Alphabet and Pronunciation (Wikipedia)]
+==Language Aids and Dictionaries==
+'''Papiamento'''
+*[https://glosbe.com/pap/en Papiamento to English Dictionary (Glosbe)]
+*[https://unilang.org/course.php?res=73 Papiamento for Beginners (unilang)]
+'''Dutch or Netherlands'''
+*[[Netherlands Handwriting]]
+*[https://glosbe.com/nl/en Dutch to English Dictionary (Glosbe)]
+*[https://www.duolingo.com/course/nl-NL/en/Learn-Dutch Learn Dutch in 5 minutes a day (duolingo)]
+*[https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/dutch Introduction to Dutch (FutureLearn)]
+'''Spanish'''
+*[[Spanish Letter Writing Guide|Spanish Letter Writing Guide]]
+*[[Spanish Handwriting Clarified|Spanish Handwriting Clarified]]
+*[https://glosbe.com/es/en Spanish to English Dictionary (Glosbe)]
+*[[Spanish Records Extraction Manual|Spanish Records Extraction Manual]]
+*[https://script.byu.edu/spanish-handwriting/introduction The Spanish Documents Script Tutorial (BYU.EDU)]
+==Additional Resources==
+*[https://www.britannica.com/place/Bonaire Bonaire (Britannica)]
+*[https://wikitravel.org/en/Bonaire Bonaire (Wikitravel)]
+*[https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Bonaire Bonaire (Wikivoyage)]
+== References  ==
+{{reflist}}
+[[Category:Bonaire]]