Langenesis

Indo-European family

Papiamento

c. 1650 CE – today Living

Papiamento (c. 1650 CE – today) is a living Indo-European language. Lineage: Proto-Indo-European → Proto-Italic → … → Galician-Portuguese → Portuguese → Papiamento.

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Speakers
340K (340,000)
ISO 639-3
pap
Glottocode
papi1253
Also from
Spanish

Iberian-based creole of Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao. Whether its base is Portuguese (Afro-Portuguese creole) or Spanish is debated; also strongly Dutch-influenced.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4,500 BCE – 2,500 BCE
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1,500 BCE – 700 BCE
  3. Proto-Latino-Faliscanc. 1,000 BCE – 700 BCE
  4. Old Latinc. 700 BCE – 100 BCE
  5. Latin100 BCE – 300 CE
  6. Vulgar Latin300 CE – 800 CE
  7. Galician-Portuguesec. 900 CE – 1400 CE
  8. Portuguese1400 CE – today
  9. Papiamentoc. 1650 CE – today

Sources