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As Papiamento comes from Portuguese and Spanish, it contain many characteristics of those 2 languages.
As Papiamento comes from Portuguese and Spanish, it contains many characteristics from those 2 languages.


== Vowels ==
== Vowels ==
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
! '''Letter'''
! '''<big>Letter</big>'''
! '''Sampa'''
! '''<big>IPA</big>'''
! '''IPA'''
! '''<big>Equivalence</big>'''
! '''Equivalence'''
|-
|-
|A a
|A a
|[ a ]
|[ a ]
|[ a ]
|as '''a''' in "'''a'''rm"
|as '''a''' in "'''a'''pple"
|-
|-
|E e
|E e
|[ e ]
|[ e ]
|[ e ]
[ ε ]
 
[ ə ]
|as '''e''' in "'''e'''nd"
|as '''e''' in "'''e'''nd"
as '''a''' in <nowiki>''</nowiki>f'''a'''t<nowiki>''</nowiki> (New Zealand)
as '''a''' in <nowiki>''</nowiki>'''a''' dog<nowiki>''</nowiki>
|-
|-
|I i
|I i
|[ i ]
|[ i ]
|[ i ]
|as '''ee''' in "t'''ee'''th"
|as '''ee''' in "t'''ee'''th"
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|O o
|O o
|[ o ]
|[ o ]
|[ o ]
[ ɔ ]
|as '''o''' in "'''o'''cean"
|as '''o''' in "'''o'''range"
as '''ough''' in <nowiki>''</nowiki>th'''ough'''t<nowiki>''</nowiki>
|-
|-
|U u
|U u
|[ u ]
|[ u ]
|[ u ]
[ ʌ ]
|as '''u''' in "cl'''u'''e"
|as '''oo''' in "b'''oo'''t<nowiki>''</nowiki>
as '''u''' in "'''u'''gly"
|}
|}


== Consonants ==
== Consonants ==
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
!'''Letter'''
!'''<big>Letter</big>'''
! '''Sampa'''
! '''<big>IPA</big>'''
! '''IPA'''
!'''<big>Equivalence</big>'''
!'''Equivalence'''
|-
|-
|B b
|B b
|[ b ]
|[ b ]
|[ b ]
|as '''b''' in "'''b'''ite"
|as '''b''' in "'''b'''ite"
|-
|-
|C c
|C c
|[ k ]
|[ k ]
|[ k ]
|as '''c''' in "'''c'''at"
|as '''c''' in "'''c'''at"
|-
|-
|D d
|D d
|[ d ]
|[ d ]
|[ d ]
|as '''d''' in "'''d'''og"
|as '''d''' in "'''d'''og"
|-
|-
|F f
|F f
|[ f ]
|[ f ]
|[ f ]
|as '''f''' in "'''f'''eet"
|as '''f''' in "'''f'''eet"
|-
|-
|G g
|G g
|[ g ]
|[ g ]
|[ g ]
|as '''g''' in "'''g'''one"
|as '''g''' in "'''g'''one"
|-
|-
|H h
|H h
|[ h~x ]
|[ h~x ]
|[ h~x ]
|as '''h''' in "'''h'''ill"
|as '''h''' in "'''h'''ill"
|-
|-
|J j
|J j
|[ j ]
|[ j ]
|[ j ]
|as '''y''' in "'''y'''es"
|as '''y''' in "'''y'''es"
|-
|-
|K k
|K k
|[ k ]
|[ k ]
|[ k ]
|as '''k''' in "'''k'''ey"
|as '''k''' in "'''k'''ey"
|-
|-
|L l
|L l
|[ l ]
|[ l ]
|[ l ]
|as '''l''' in "'''l'''ap"
|as '''l''' in "'''l'''ap"
|-
|-
|M m
|M m
|[ m ]
|[ m ]
|[ m ]
|as '''m''' in "'''m'''oon"
|as '''m''' in "'''m'''oon"
|-
|-
|N n
|N n
|[ n ]
|[ n ]
|[ n ]
|as '''n''' in "'''n'''oon"
|as '''n''' in "'''n'''oon"
|-
|-
|Ñ ñ
|Ñ ñ
|[ J ]
|[ ɲ ]
|[ ɲ ]
|as '''ny''' in "ca'''ny'''on"
|as '''ny''' in "ca'''ny'''on"
|-
|-
|P p
|P p
|[ p ]
|[ p ]
|[ p ]
|as '''p''' in "'''p'''roblem"
|as '''p''' in "'''p'''roblem"
|-
|-
|Q q
|Q q
|[ q ]
|[ k ]
|[ q ]
|as '''q''' in "'''q'''uip"
|as '''q''' in "'''q'''uip"
|-
|-
|R r
|R r
|[ r ]
|[ r ]
|[ r ]
|as '''r''' in the Spanish word "'''r'''osa"
|Same as in Spanish (or the '''dd''' in "la'''dd'''er")
|-
|-
|S s
|S s
|[ s ]
|[ s ]
|[ s ]
|as '''s''' in "'''s'''and"
|as '''s''' in "'''s'''and"
|-
|-
|T t
|T t
|[ t ]
|[ t ]
|[ t ]
|as '''t''' in "'''t'''op"
|as '''t''' in "'''t'''op"
|-
|-
|V v
|V v
|[ v ]
|[ v ]
|[ v ]
|as '''v''' in "'''v'''ery"
|as '''v''' in "'''v'''ery"
|-
|-
|W w
|W w
|[ w ]
|[ w ]
|[ w ]
|as '''w''' in "'''w'''all"
|as '''w''' in "'''w'''all"
|-
|X x
|[ ks ]
[ kʃ ]
|as '''x''' in "bo'''x'''"
as '''ct''' in "refle'''ct'''ion"
|-
|-
|Y y
|Y y
|[ j ]
|[ j ]
|[ j ]
|as '''y''' in "'''y'''ell"
|as '''y''' in "'''y'''ell"
|-
|-
|Z z
|Z z
|[ z ]
|[ z ]
|[ z ]
|as '''z''' in "'''z'''oo"
|as '''z''' in "'''z'''oo"
|}
== Double Letters ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!'''<big>Letters</big>'''
!'''<big>IPA</big>'''
!'''<big>Equivalence</big>'''
|-
|uu
|[ y ]
|as '''u''' in Portugese word "t'''u'''do"
|-
|ch
|[ tʃ ]
|as '''ch''' in "'''ch'''eese"
|-
|dj
|[ dʒ ]
|as '''j''' in "'''j'''og"
|-
|sc
|[ s ]
|same as '''s'''
|-
|sh
|[ ʃ ]
|as '''sh''' in "'''sh'''eep"
|-
|zj
|[ ʒ ]
|as '''si''' in "vi'''si'''on"
|}
|}


Revision as of 07:27, 25 May 2022

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As Papiamento comes from Portuguese and Spanish, it contains many characteristics from those 2 languages.

Vowels

Letter IPA Equivalence
A a [ a ] as a in "arm"
E e [ e ]

[ ε ]

[ ə ]

as e in "end"

as a in ''fat'' (New Zealand)

as a in ''a dog''

I i [ i ] as ee in "teeth"
O o [ o ]

[ ɔ ]

as o in "orange"

as ough in ''thought''

U u [ u ]

[ ʌ ]

as oo in "boot''

as u in "ugly"

Consonants

Letter IPA Equivalence
B b [ b ] as b in "bite"
C c [ k ] as c in "cat"
D d [ d ] as d in "dog"
F f [ f ] as f in "feet"
G g [ g ] as g in "gone"
H h [ h~x ] as h in "hill"
J j [ j ] as y in "yes"
K k [ k ] as k in "key"
L l [ l ] as l in "lap"
M m [ m ] as m in "moon"
N n [ n ] as n in "noon"
Ñ ñ [ ɲ ] as ny in "canyon"
P p [ p ] as p in "problem"
Q q [ k ] as q in "quip"
R r [ r ] as r in the Spanish word "rosa"
S s [ s ] as s in "sand"
T t [ t ] as t in "top"
V v [ v ] as v in "very"
W w [ w ] as w in "wall"
X x [ ks ]

[ kʃ ]

as x in "box"

as ct in "reflection"

Y y [ j ] as y in "yell"
Z z [ z ] as z in "zoo"

Double Letters

Letters IPA Equivalence
uu [ y ] as u in Portugese word "tudo"
ch [ tʃ ] as ch in "cheese"
dj [ dʒ ] as j in "jog"
sc [ s ] same as s
sh [ ʃ ] as sh in "sheep"
zj [ ʒ ] as si in "vision"

Tones

It also uses tones to differentiate between words.

Papiamento is a tonal language with a low-high tone and a high-low tone.

The stress on the words falls on the stem (main) syllable; deviations from it are marked with an accent.

These tones are are marked using accent marks over vowels: high (´) and low (`).

Vowels Samples
á altá, evitá
é étiko, platé
í asistí, tíket
ó holó, ferfdó
ú baúl, sunú
è agènda, balèt
ò blònt, fòndo
ù drùif, bùs

Videos

How to speak Papiamento - Alphabet - Alfabèt

Papiamentu Alphabet

Papiamentu ABC Learning Made Easy

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