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Towards a unified orthography for Papiamento (3): Examples

by Fred de Haas

VOCALS AS IN (LANGUAGE) SPELLING PAPIAMENTO
A [ɑ] Du. dak; Fr. patte a dak
A [aː] Du. zaak aa ‘baraans’
E [ɛ] Sp. perder; Fr. mère e perde
E [eː] Sp. éramos e bebe
U [u] Sp. duradero; Fr. jour u duradero
O [ɔ] or [u] Sp./ Port. Papiamento
Sp. loco, hondo o papiamento, loko, hondo, Korsou
I [i:] Du. icoon; Sp: típico, maíz i buki, típiko, maíshi
I [ɪ] Du./Pap. hik i hik read on…

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