Papiamento (or Papiamentu)'s the official and most widely spoken language on the Caribbean islands of Aruba, Bonaire, and Curaçao (the so-called "ABC islands"). Papiamento's a Portuguese creole language, with vocabulary influences from African languages, Spanish, Dutch, English and Arawak native languages. History The historical origins of Papiamento are still not very well known. It's disputed whether Papiamento originated from Portuguese or from Spanish. Owing to the resemblance betwee… (More on Papiamentu)