1881] oOtJ ' [Gatschet. 



above. Goajiro, which is spoken from the point of the Goajira peninsula 

 down to the Gulf of Darien in various dialects, yielded the following ; 



Aruba : kafa devil, Goaj. yarfas, yarla, yaroja. 



All the other terms which I could compare with Goajiro, Guamaco, 

 Arawak, Tupi and the extinct male and female Carib dialects of the 

 Leeward islands (dialect of Guadeloupe, Diet, of Rev. Raym. Breton, 

 1665) differed entirely from Aruba. Hage, the generic term for ant in the 

 insular Carib, may be compared with hanahana, Formica cephalota of 

 Aruban. 



The Pa'^iamento. 



On account of the peculiar selection and association of their ingredients, 

 and the grammatic changes which the terms are undergoing, the jargons 

 or medley languages are now being studied by linguists with the interest 

 they deserve. The best known jargons of America are the conversational 

 Tupi or lengoa geral, the various negro jargons of Guyana, of the West 

 Indies and of Louisiana, the Chinook jargon, etc. The main ingredient 

 of Papiamento, which is spoken upon Aruba, Curaqao and the rest of this 

 island group, is the Spanish language ; then comes Dutch, the language 

 of the Netherlandish rulers, and least in frequency are the words of Indian 

 origin. 



The character of this medley speech will best appear from extracts taken 

 from a "Conversational Guide," published at Curacjao, 1876. 



Span, comerciante : comerchanti, cajero cajeru, tenedor de libros tenedo 

 di buqui, dependiente clerc, relojero dreshado di oloshi, pastelero trahado di 

 pastechi, carnecero matado di bestia, silleiero trajado di stul, ojelatero 

 blequero, velero seileraaker, aserrador zagdo di palu, encuadernador traja- 

 do di buqui, sastresnehe (Germ. Schneider), zapatero zapatd, albanil mesla, 

 herrero smet, remendador lapido, predicador domi, director de entierro for- 

 lese, sepulturero coster, consejo del templo kerkerad, pulpito prekstul, comu- 

 nion ricibimentu, camvanero leid6 di cloc. 



The following objects of natural history are partly rendered by aboriginal 

 Indian terms : Span, arbol de uva palu di dreif, arbol de mamon palu di 

 quenepa, arbol de merey palu di cachu ; arbol de guayaba palu di guyaba, 

 pdjaro para, yegua laQn, rawZamulamuje, burro machu, burra buricu muje, 

 mono macacu, rata yaca, pulga pruga, lombriz bichi, golondrina souchi, 

 hormiga bruminga, cucaracha cacalaca, gavilan guaraguara, polio puitu, 

 pavo calacuna, papagayo lora, cienpie disinbei (Dutch), pauji pajuis, 

 migajas wiriwiri, cante conufes (a fish), zavalo snuc (a fish), arenque en, 

 salza pequele (Dutch), chimhobo guiambo, ahuUama pampuna, leclioza 

 papaya, aji (or chile) promente [Span, pimieuto], cambur bacoba, guandbana 

 sorsaca, pldlano banana, chirimona 6 rinm scopapel, piiia anaza, naraja 

 laraja, ciruelas preimu. 



We add a few conversational sentences : 



Debe ser tarde meste a lat 



No espera Usted al Sr. L. ? bo no ta spera shon L. ? 



