WILLEMSTAD, Curaçao Thousands of languages spoken by small numbers of people, including many of the Creole languages born in the last centuries of human history, are facing extinction. But a ...

The word Papiamentu comes from the verb "papia", which means to speak. "mentu" is the suffix that forms the noun, denoting: "the way that something is done". Papiamentu translates into "the way of ...

<p>Papiamentu is widely spoken by almost a quarter million people in the Dutch Caribbean islands today, across social class, race and ethnicity. The translations of the Roman Catholic catechism into ...

This table provides data on languages spoken by the population of the Caribbean Netherlands aged 15 years and older in private households. Breakdowns by sex, age and level of education are presented.