Curacao
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Dutch
[nld] Widespread. Users: 11,400 in Curacao (2011 SIL). 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: 5,000 in Curacao (2018). Status: 5* (Dispersed). Classification: Indo-European, Germanic, West, English.
Papiamentu
[pap] Widespread. Users: 135,000 in Curacao, all users. L1 users: 115,000 in Curacao (2011 SIL). L2 users: 20,000. Total users in all countries: 343,100 (as L1: 323,100; as L2: 20,000). Status: 1 (National). De facto national language. Alternate Names: Curassese, Curaçoleño, Papiamen, Papiamento, Papiamentoe. Autonym: Papiamentu. Classification: Creole, Iberian based.
Sign Language of the Netherlands
[dse] Scattered. Users: Status: 6a* (Vigorous). Classification: Sign language, Deaf community sign language.
Spanish
[spa] Scattered. Users: 8,960 in Curacao (2018 World Factbook). Status: 5* (Dispersed). Classification: Indo-European, Italic, Romance, Italo-Western, Western, Gallo-Iberian, Ibero-Romance, West Iberian, Castilian.