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Bonaire's Talen = Languages of Bonaire.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Academic Video Online
- Language:
- English
- Papiamento
- Subjects (All):
- Papiamentu language--History.
- Papiamentu language.
- Creole dialects--Caribbean Area.
- Creole dialects.
- Sociolinguistics--Caribbean Area.
- Sociolinguistics.
- Pidgin languages--Caribbean Area.
- Pidgin languages.
- Bonaire--Languages.
- Bonaire.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (32 minutes)
- Other Title:
- Languages of Bonaire
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden, South Holland : Institute of Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology, Universiteit Leiden, 2020.
- Language Note:
- In Papiamentu.
- System Details:
- video file
- Summary:
- Papiamentu is a creole language that was born during the slave trade era on the Caribbean islands of Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao. The slaves used the languages of their different European colonizers such as Spanish, Dutch, English or Portuguese and created a new hybrid form of communication. It first started as a pidgin, and over the centuries it has evolved into a more complex creole language, becoming the native language of the islanders. But Bonarians are also well known for being multilingual, they can easily switch between four languages. Today, Papiamentu is thriving in new ways as new-coming immigrants are starting to learn the creole language. In this documentary we will travel to the furthermost part of The Netherlands to discover the stories behind new speakers of Papiamentu on the island of Bonaire, and how they navigate this multicultural and multilingual environment.
- Notes:
- Title from resource description page (viewed June 29, 2021).
- OCLC:
- 1264101683
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