Sly ‘n Snide Tourguide: Papiamento of Aruba

Origins, Migration and Evolution

island
Aruba
category
Intangible heritage
type of material
Film/video
target group
General public
language
Papiamento
author/maker
Aruba Tourism Authority

‘In episode 5 of Sly ‘n Snide Tourguide we will be celebrating our mother tongue Papiamento. Papiamentu or Papiamento is spoken on Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao, the only islands in the world to speak this language. But where did it come from and how did it become the language that we speak today?’