Gatschet.] 'j"* [July 18, 



Ve a ver otra vez si Tin venido bai ueita atrove cu el a bini. 



M Sr. L. estft en casaf Slion L., ta na cas ? 



Ha ido fuera ela vai afo 



Hablns Men bo ta papia bon 



Lo estimare siempre lo mi stimabu tur mi vida 



Quiere listed jugar carta ? mener quiejuQga carta? (mener : mynheer) 



Mo tengo ganas dejugar mi non tin gustu d6 junga 



Ha comido Usted bastante ? bo a come jopi ? 



Es bastante Ujos ta macha aleu 



Estoy aim tin poco debil ainda mi ta un poco suae 



Cuantas iglesias hai aqui? cuantu misa tin aqui ? 



Muchas en el campo jopi na cunucu. 



The above examples plainly show that this jargon exhibits the same 

 processes of linguistic deterioration as are commonly found in medley 

 languages of this description. 



Tliree dialects may be distinguished upon CuraQao island (Guide, p. 49) : 

 that of the Dutch Protestants, marked by the peculiar accent of the Hol- 

 landers ; the one of the Jews, which comes nearer to the Spanish pronun- 

 ciation ; the third dialect is that of the common people. The term papia- 

 mento signifies talk, conversation and is derived from palabramentam, pa- 

 labra being the Spanish for tcord: talk (from TzapajSoXrj)- The verb papia 

 means to converse, speak. 



At Corsouw a weekly paper of four quarto pages was published from 

 1871 to 1875 in this jargon, which bore the title : Civilisado. Courant di 

 pueblo. Orden, trabouw, instruccion : — Progreso. 



Judging from the titles below transmitted by the kindness of Mr. Pinart 

 the literature of this isolated form of human speech has been up to the 

 present time chiefly of a devotional character : 



Guia para los Espanoles hablar papiamento, y viceversa, para que los 

 de Curazao puedan hablar espanol. Por N. N. — Curazao, imprenta del 

 Comercio, 1876. 16°, 86 pages. (The title on the book-cover diflfers 

 slightly from the inside title above.) 



Jubileo di 1875. (Curazao) 1875. 16 p., 120. 



Historla corticoenan for di Bybel. 3* edicion. Curasao, Impr. del Vica- 



riato, 1876. 24°. 4* edicion, 1881. 

 Bida i sufrimentoe di nos Seujor Hesu Cristoe. Curasao, Impr, del Com^ 



1876. 59 pp., 16°. 

 Canticanan religlosa. 2" edicion. Curazao, 1879. 24°. 

 Ciento cuenta corticoe. Boeke di leza pa uso di school. Curasao, Impr. 



del Vicariato, 1881. 12°. 

 Boeki di leza pa uso di skool di dia domingo na Curasao. Curasao, 1881. 



24°. 

 Catechismo i doctrina cristiana pa uso di Katholieken di Cura(jao. Curasao, 



Imprenta di Vicariato, 1882. 24^. 



