Aruba
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Dutch
[nld] Widespread. Users: 5,290 in Aruba (2009 UNSD), decreasing. Status: 3 (Wider communication). De facto national working language. Alternate Names: Nederlands. Classification: Indo-European, Germanic, West, Low Saxon-Low Franconian, Low Franconian.
English
[eng] Widespread. Users: 63,950 in Aruba, all users. L1 users: 7,950 in Aruba (2019 World Factbook). L2 users: 56,000 (2019). Status: 3 (Wider communication). De facto national working language. Classification: Indo-European, Germanic, West, English.
Papiamento
[pap] Users: 60,000 in Aruba (2009 UNSD). Status: 1 (National). De facto national language, limited use in higher official domains. Alternate Names: Papiam, Papiamentoe, Papiamentu. Classification: Creole, Iberian based.
Sign Language of the Netherlands
[dse] Scattered. Users: 100 in Aruba (2021 DBS/DOOR/SIL). Estimated at 0.1% of the total population. Status: 6a* (Vigorous). Classification: Sign language, Deaf community sign language.
Spanish
[spa] Scattered. Users: 84,700 in Aruba, all users. L1 users: 15,300 in Aruba (2019 World Factbook). L2 users: 69,400 (Instituto Cervantes 2017). Status: 4 (Educational). Classification: Indo-European, Italic, Romance, Italo-Western, Western, Gallo-Iberian, Ibero-Romance, West Iberian, Castilian.