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=== Morphology Typology === | === Morphology Typology === | ||
I was unable to find what morphology typology Papiamento belongs to. I researched the different categories, and based on examples of written Papiamento and on the fact that its words are mostly derived from Spanish, Portuguese, and Dutch, I would say Papiamento is a fusional language. | I was unable to find what morphology typology Papiamento belongs to. I researched the different categories, and based on examples of written Papiamento and on the fact that its words are mostly derived from Spanish, Portuguese, and Dutch, I would say Papiamento is a fusional language. | ||
| + | ===Ethnologue's Description of Papiamento's Typology=== | ||
| + | Maximum number of prefixes, 2; word order distinguishes subjects, objects, indirect objects; affixes indicate case of noun phrases; verb affixes mark person, number, gender of subject, object, other noun phrase—not obligatory; passives; causatives; comparatives; CVC. | ||
===Basic Information=== | ===Basic Information=== | ||
| − | Number of speakers: 341,300 | + | ISO 639-3: pap (Ethnologue) |
| − | + | Number of speakers: 341,300 (Wikipedia/Ethnologue) | |
| + | Official language in: Aruba, Curaçao (Wikipedia) | ||
| + | Recognized language in: Bonaire (Wikipedia) | ||
| + | Speakers are likely to also know: Dutch, Spanish, English (Wikipedia) | ||
| + | It's possible speakers might also know: Portuguese, Chinese, German, Spanish, French (Wikipedia) | ||
| + | Status of language: 1. De facto national language. (Ethnologue) | ||
| + | Writing: Latin script (Ethnologue) | ||
| + | Normative Orthography: | ||
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== Second Language == | == Second Language == | ||
== Third Language == | == Third Language == | ||
Revision as of 23:57, 23 January 2019
I would like to work with Erick because they approached me about working on a language spoken in Latin America, which is what I was hoping to do as well.
Contents
Papiamento/Papiamentu
Morphology Typology
I was unable to find what morphology typology Papiamento belongs to. I researched the different categories, and based on examples of written Papiamento and on the fact that its words are mostly derived from Spanish, Portuguese, and Dutch, I would say Papiamento is a fusional language.
Ethnologue's Description of Papiamento's Typology
Maximum number of prefixes, 2; word order distinguishes subjects, objects, indirect objects; affixes indicate case of noun phrases; verb affixes mark person, number, gender of subject, object, other noun phrase—not obligatory; passives; causatives; comparatives; CVC.
Basic Information
ISO 639-3: pap (Ethnologue) Number of speakers: 341,300 (Wikipedia/Ethnologue) Official language in: Aruba, Curaçao (Wikipedia) Recognized language in: Bonaire (Wikipedia) Speakers are likely to also know: Dutch, Spanish, English (Wikipedia) It's possible speakers might also know: Portuguese, Chinese, German, Spanish, French (Wikipedia) Status of language: 1. De facto national language. (Ethnologue) Writing: Latin script (Ethnologue) Normative Orthography:
