Caribbean Netherlands
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Dutch
[nld] Users: 1,070 in Caribbean Netherlands (2001 census). Bonaire 950, Sint Eustatius 100, Saba 20. Status: 1 (National). Statutory national language (2010, Provisional Official Languages Law, BWBW0028827, Article 2). Alternate Names: Nederlands. Classification: Indo-European, Germanic, West, Low Saxon-Low Franconian, Low Franconian.
English
[eng] Users: 3,390 in Caribbean Netherlands (2001 census). Bonaire 300, Sint Eustatius 1,900, Saba 1,190. Status: 1 (National). Statutory national language (2010, Provisional Official Languages Law, BWBR0028827, Article 2). Classification: Indo-European, Germanic, West, English.
Papiamentu
[pap] Bonaire. Users: 8,100 in Caribbean Netherlands (2001 census). 8,060 on Bonaire. Status: 1 (National). Statutory national language (2010, Provisional Official Languages Law, BWBR0028827, Article 2). Alternate Names: Papiamen, Papiamento, Papiamentoe. Classification: Creole, Iberian based.
Sign Language of the Netherlands
[dse] Scattered. Users: 200 in Caribbean Netherlands (Parks and Williams 2011). Estimated, assuming 0.1% of total population. Status: 5* (Developing). Alternate Names: Nederlandse Gebarentaal, SLN. Classification: Sign language, Deaf community sign language.
Spanish
[spa] Bonaire. Users: 1,480 in Caribbean Netherlands (2001 census). Bonaire 1,270, Sint Eustatius 130, Saba 70. Status: 3 (Wider communication). Classification: Indo-European, Italic, Romance, Italo-Western, Western, Gallo-Iberian, Ibero-Romance, West Iberian, Castilian.
Virgin Islands English Creole
[vic] Saba and Sint Eustatius. Users: 4,500 in Caribbean Netherlands (2011 SIL). Status: 6b* (Threatened). Alternate Names: Netherlands Antilles Creole English. Classification: Creole, English based, Atlantic, Eastern, Southern.