Palenquero

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Palenquero
Spoken in: Colombia 
Region: South America
Total speakers: 2,500
Language family: Creole
 Spanish-based Creole languages
  Palenquero
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Palenquero
Palenquero

Palenquero (also palenque) is a Spanish-based creole language spoken in Colombia.

The ethnic group which speaks this Creole consists only of 2,500 people, as of 1989.

Palenquero is spoken in Colombia, in the village of San Basilio de Palenque which is south and east of Cartagena, and in some neighborhoods of Barranquilla.

The village was formed by escaped slaves (Maroons) and sometimes Native Americans. Since many slaves had not been subjected to a lot of contact with people of European descent, the palenqueros spoke Creole languages from Spanish language and their African ones.

Spanish speakers are usually unable to understand Palenquero. There are some influences from Kongo in Democratic Republic of Congo. A 10% of the population of age under 25 years speaks Palenquero, as of 1998. Most common to the elderly.

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[edit] The Lord's Prayer

[edit] Palenquero

Tatá suto lo ke ta riba sielo, santifikaro sendá nombre si, miní a reino sí, asé ño boluntá sí, aí tiela kumo a sielo.

Nda suto agué pan ri to ma ría, peddona ma fata suto, asina kumo suto a se peddoná, lo ke se fatá suto. Nu rejá sujo kaí andí tentasión nu, librá suto ri má. Amén.

[edit] Spanish

Padre nuestro que estás en los cielos, santificado sea tu nombre. Venga tu Reino. Hágase tu voluntad, así en la tierra como en el cielo.

El pan nuestro de cada día, dánosle hoy y perdónanos nuestras deudas, así como nosotros perdonamos a nuestros deudores. Y no nos dejes caer en la tentación, mas líbranos del mal. Amén.

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