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Papiamento
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Pa·pia·men·tu  (päpy-mnt) also Pa·pia·men·to (-t)
n.
A creole based on Portuguese and pidginized Spanish and spoken in the Netherlands Antilles.
[From Papiamentu papia, talk, probably from Portuguese papaguear, papear, to chatter, from papagaio, parrot.]
Papiamento (Spanish) [papjaˈmento]
n
(Linguistics / Languages) a creolized Spanish spoken in the Netherlands Antilles
[Spanish, from papia talk]
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The poems we have chosen have three themes: the beauty of the Papiamentu language and its development, its "instrinsic rhythmic and tonal aspects," as Garrett and Mos note; the frequent figuration of the language as the black woman, emblematizing the issues of her position in the postcolonial scene as well as issues of the language itself; and the arid island landscape, often a metaphor for the agonies and aspirations of the Antillians that occupy it.
Introduction by Rojer, Olga E.; Aimone, Joseph O. / Journal of Caribbean Literatures
Nevertheless, it is necessary to expand on three topics concerning the linguistic situation and more particularly the Papiamentu language.
Papiamentu, cultural resistance, and socio-cultural challenges: the ... by Eckkrammer, Eva Martha / Journal of Caribbean Literatures
 
 
 
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