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Encyclopedia > Palenquero

Palenquero (also Palenque) is a Spanish-based Creole spoken in Colombia. The Palace, Ruins of Palenque Palenque is a Maya archeological site not far from the Usumacinta River in the state of Chiapas, Mexico, about 130 km. ... A number of Creole languages are based on the Spanish language. ...


The ethnic group which speaks this Creole consists only of 2,500 people, as of 1989. 1989 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...


Palenquero is spoken in Colombia, in the village of San Basilio de Palenque which is south and east of Cartagena, and in some neighborhoods of Barranquilla. For other places of the same name, see Cartagena Bocagrande Cartagena San Pedro Square, Old City Cartagena Cartagena, Colombia, also known as Cartagena de Indias or La Heroica (The Heroic), is a large seaport on the north coast of Colombia. ... A Colombian fisherman casts his line as the sun sets near Barranquilla, Colombia Panoramic view Barranquilla is the major industrial city on the Caribbean coast of Colombia. ...


The village was formed by escaped slaves (Maroons) and sometimes Native Americans. Since many slaves had not been subjected to a lot of contact with white people, the palenqueros spoke Creole languages from Spanish language and their African ones. A Maroon (from the word marronage or cimarrón) was a runaway slave in the West Indies, Central America, or South America. ... Native Americans (also Indians, Aboriginal Peoples, American Indians, First Nations, Alaskan Natives, Amerindians, or Indigenous Peoples of America) are the indigenous inhabitants of The Americas prior to the European colonization, and their modern descendants. ... Whites is a broad term used to describe people of ethnic European, Middle Eastern, and North African descent, especially those with fair skin. ...


Spanish speakers are usually unable to understand Palenquero. There are some influences from Kongo in Democratic Republic of Congo. A 10% of the population of age under 25 years speaks Palenquero, as of 1998. Most common to the elderly. The Kongo Empire was an African kingdom located in southwest Africa in what are now northern Angola, Cabinda, Republic of the Congo, and the western portion of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. ... 1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ...

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The Lord's Prayer

The Lords Prayer (sometimes known by its first two Latin words as the Pater Noster, in Greek as the , or the English equivalent Our Father) is probably the best-known prayer in Christianity. ...

Palenquero

Tatá suto lo ke ta riba sielo, santifikaro sendá nombre si, miní a reino sí, asé ño boluntá sí, aí tiela kumo a sielo.


Nda suto agué pan ri to ma ría, peddona ma fata suto, asina kumo suto a se peddoná, lo ke se fatá suto. Nu rejá sujo kaí andí tentasión nu, librá suto ri má. Amén.


Spanish

Padre nuestro que estás en los cielos, santificado sea tu nombre. Venga tu Reino. Hágase tu voluntad, así en la tierra como en el cielo.


El pan nuestro de cada día, dánosle hoy y perdónanos nuestras deudas, así como nosotros perdonamos a nuestros deudores. Y no nos dejes caer en la tentación, mas líbranos del mal. Amén.


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Palenquero at AllExperts (317 words)
Palenquero (also palenque) is a Spanish-based creole language spoken in Colombia.
Palenquero is spoken in Colombia, in the village of San Basilio de Palenque which is south and east of Cartagena, and in some neighborhoods of Barranquilla.
A 10% of the population of age under 25 years speaks Palenquero, as of 1998.
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