found: Ethnologue online, June 1, 2011:(Papiamentu: a language of Netherlands Antilles; region: Curaçao, St. Maarten, Bonaire Islands (off Venezuela coast). Also in Aruba, Netherlands, Puerto Rico, United States, U.S. Virgin Islands; alternate names: Curaçoleño, Curassese, Papiam, Papiamen, Papiamento, Papiamentoe; classification: Creole, Iberian based)
found: MultiTree WWW site, June 1, 2011:(Papiamentu language: alternate names: Papiamento; Papago; Papiam; Papiamentoe; Papiamen; Curaçoleño; Curassese; spoken in Aruba, U.S. Virgin Islands, Netherlands, Puerto Rico, Netherlands Antilles; families: Pidgins and Creoles)
found: Papiamentu/Ingles dikshonario bilingual = English/Papiamentu bilingual dictionary, 2008:p. xi (a written and spoken language developed from Arawak Indian, Spanish, Dutch, African dialects, Portuguese, and a smattering of English and French) p. ix (Papiamentu language)
found: Ethnologue, via WWW, Sept. 19, 2016(Papiamentu; a language of Curacao; ISO 639-3: pap; alternate names: Curaçoleño, Curassese, Papiamen, Papiamento, Papiamentoe; classification: Creole, Iberian based; also spoken in: Aruba, Caribbean Netherlands, Sint Maarten)
found: www.papiamentu.com, Sept. 19, 2016:welcome page (Papiamentu is the local language of the ABC Islands - Aruba, Bonaire, and Curaçao; Papiamentu is a mixture of Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, English, French, and it also has some Arawak Indian and African influences. Papiamentu is one of the few Creole Languages of the Caribbean that has survived to the present day; predominately a spoken language among the local people of Curaçao, Bonaire, and Aruba. The official language is Dutch, and the written Papiamentu is limited to some local newspapers and literature) The name "Papiamentu" (Papiamento is another way to spell Papiamentu; the Bonairen name for Papiamentu is Papiamen)
found: Britannica online, Sept. 19, 2016(Papiamentu, also spelled Papiamento, creole language based on Portuguese but heavily influenced by Spanish; spoken primarily on the Caribbean islands of Curaçao, Aruba, and Bonaire. It is an official language of Curaçao and Aruba)
found: InfoBonaire website, Sept. 19, 2016(Papiamentu, the native language of Bonaire; widely spoken on Aruba, Bonaire, Curacao; those on St. Maartin, along with our sister islands Saba and Statia, speak English, although many residents do speak Papiamentu as well)
