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==Description== | ==Description== | ||
The languages spoken on Sint Eustatius (an island in the Caribbean and a special municipality of the Netherlands) are: <ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Sint Eustatius," in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'', https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sint_Eustatius#:~:text=official%20language, accessed 16 Dec 2022.</ref> | |||
* '''English''' - 92.7% of the population - the language of everyday life and the only language used in Education. | |||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_language '''Dutch'''] - 36.0% - the official language of Sint Eustatius. | |||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_language '''Spanish'''] - 33.8% | |||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papiamento '''Papiamento'''] (also known as Papiamentu) - 20.8% - this is a Portuguese-based creole language | |||
* A local English-based creole is also spoken informally. | |||
==Word List(s)== | ==Word List(s)== | ||
* Antiano, Instituto Lingwistiko. ''A basic word list : Papiamentu-English English-Papiamentu.'' Margate: n.p., 1989. '''''Available at:''''' [https://worldcat.org/title/43202681 WorldCat]. | |||
* Hoyer, W. M. ''Vocabulary and sentences of the Papiamento language: Dutch, Papiamento, English, Spanish.'' n.p.: n.p., 1942. '''''Available at:''''' [https://worldcat.org/title/17171398 WorldCat]. | |||
==Alphabet and Pronunciation== | ==Alphabet and Pronunciation== | ||
'''Alphabet''' | |||
'''Pronunciation''' | |||
==Language Aids and Dictionaries== | ==Language Aids and Dictionaries== | ||
'''Dictionaries''' | |||
* Mansur, Jossy M. ''Dictionary, English-Papiamento, Papiamento-English.'' Oranjestad, Aruba,: Edicionnan Clasico Diario, 16 Dec 2022. '''''Available at:''''' [https://worldcat.org/title/29990122 WorldCat]. | |||
'''Online Dictionaries''' | |||
'''Language Aids''' | |||
* ''Dictionary : grammar usage : English Papiamentu, Papiamentu English.'' Aruba: Lago Oil & Transport, 1953. '''''Available at:''''' [https://worldcat.org/title/1140462139 WorldCat]. | |||
* Agard, Frederick B. ''Papiamentu grammars and the structure of the language.'' n.p.: n.p., 1975. '''''Available at:''''' [https://worldcat.org/title/20332096 WorldCat]. | |||
==Additional Resources== | ==Additional Resources== | ||
* Jacobs, Bart. ''Origins of a Creole : the history of Papiamentu and its African ties.'' Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton, 2012. '''''Available at:''''' [https://worldcat.org/title/808342279 WorldCat]. | |||
== References == | |||
==References== | {{reflist}} | ||
[[Category:Sint Eustatius]] | [[Category:Sint Eustatius]] | ||