Papiamento (Chatting, a Chat), a language with only 850,000 speakers, in the Netherlands Antilles, Curacao, Bonaire and Aruba, a combination of Portuguese, African, Spanish and Hebrew.
Atardi Kòrsou ta bunita
Ora ku solo ta baha
Ora tur para ta kanta félis
Promé ku nan bai sosega
Atardi para kant’i playa
Un goso ta jena nos alma
Ta manera nos isla ta hal’un roséa
P’e jama e dia ayo
Pero atardi tambe tin tristesa
Or’e dia ta jega su fin
Ta manera un parti di nos ta bajendo y jamás nos lo bolbe miré
Curaçao’s evening is beautiful / when the sun is setting / the birds chirp happily / before they retire to rest
Sunset against the beach shore / fills our soul with joy / like our island takes a breath / to bid the day farewell
But evening also brings sadness / when another day comes to an end / like a part of us disappears / never to be seen again.