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[INTRODUCTION]
This site is used to start various personal projects using the (new) features and facilities of the Internet. These projects are intended to learn more about the subject of the project it self and the same time to get more knowledge of the secrets on the web.
The project 'Papiamentu' is intended to see how we can improve a language using the facilities on the web. Also to offer tools for people related to the Papiamentu to promote the language to others.
[WHAT IS PAPIAMENTU?]
Papiamentu is a mixture of Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, English, French, and it also has some Arawak Indian and African influences. Papiamentu is one of the few Creole Languages of the Caribbean that has survived to the present day.
For more information check www.papiamentu.com
[HOW DOES PAPIAMENTU SOUND?]
Papiamentu derived about two-thirds of its words from Iberian languages (Spanish, Portuguese, and Galician), a quarter from Dutch, and the rest from other languages including English, French, and various African languages. The sounds of Papiamentu include nearly all the American Spanish consonants and vowels, as well as a number of Dutch vowels.
Want to hear how a computer voice sounds in Papiamentu? Click on or download file txt2speech.wav (403 Kb)
[USING PAPIAMENTU ON THE WEB]
There are several discussion forums on the web where you can talk, write, discuss in Papiamentu with others. Join these forums and meet others that speaks the language.
Antiyano Group: groups.yahoo.com/group/Antiyano
Amigoe Forums: www.amigoe.com
Master Mania Forums: www.master-mania.com
[VOWELS AND CONSTANTS]
The vowels: a e è i o ò u ü
The constants: the normal English constants plus ch ci dj ñ zj
For more information check www.members.home.net/scholeyg/papiabsc.htm
'Lesson in Papiamento (The Basics)'.
[DATABASE]
This is a prototype of a web-translator; it uses a database engine to translate words/text from English to Papiamentu and vice-versa. Also server-sided scripts are used to manage the various exceptions between the both languages.
The database engine is powered by www.g-art.nl
[FEEDBACK]
If you have any suggestions, feedback, questions or comments, mail them to donamaro@yahoo.com.