LL-L "Language varieties" 2005.12.16 (01) [E]

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16 December 2005 * Volume 01
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From: Ben J. Bloomgren <godsquad at cox.net>
Subject: LL-L "Language varieties" 2005.12.15 (05) [E]

Mark wrote:

Papiamento is easier to discern
from the writing of it than from hearing it.

Mark, is Papiamento a Hispano-Dutch creole? How close would you say that the
Dutch of Curacao was to the Dutch of the Netherlands and Belgium?
Ben

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From: R. F. Hahn <sassisch at yahoo.com>
Subject: Language varieties

Hi, Ben!

My name isn't Mark.  But I'm jumping in here anyway.  Please take a look at 
the brief language description of Papiamentu at our anniversary site:

http://www.lowlands-l.net/anniversary/index.php?page=papiamentu-info

Regards,
Reinhard/Ron 

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