Review: 'Papiamentu Pika'

An ode to a language (and an entire vocabulary you won't pick up at any Lt.-Governor's New Year's Reception)

It’s said that learning how to swear well is the fastest way to learn a language. Adherents of that theory - and I damn well subscribe to it! - will find ‘Papiamentu Pika’ a rewarding linguistical treasure trove.

Papiamentu isn’t the smallest living language globally, but with an estimated 250.000 native speakers worldwide who use Papiamentu as their pri…