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Central America and the Caribbean > Netherlands Antilles > Language

DUTCH ANTILLEAN LANGUAGE STATS:   All Stats  
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English status
Post-creole English is the dialect used (Alleyne). The third most important language in Netherlands Antilles. Bible 1382-1989.
English-speaking population > As an additional language 1,800 [59th of 59]
English-speaking population > Total 1,800 [83rd of 99]
Languages
Papiamento 65.4% (a Spanish-Portuguese-Dutch-English dialect), English 15.9% (widely spoken), Dutch 7.3% (official), Spanish 6.1%, Creole 1.6%, other 1.9%, unspecified 1.8%

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SOURCES: Ethnologue; Wikipedia: List of countries by English-speaking population ; Wikipedia: List of countries by English-speaking population; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Netherlands Antilles, Nederlandse Antillen, neth. antilles, the antilles

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