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TIL that the Dutch Caribbean islands of Aruba 🇦🇼, Bonaire 🇧🇶 & Curaçao 🇨🇼 speak a Portuguese-based Creole with heavy Spanish influence called Papiamento as their main & most spoken language, with 400.000 total speakers. Dutch is a 2nd or 3rd language for most locals.

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