309.900Speakers worldwide
5Countries where spoken
5Peoples who speak it
Written translation
Bible translation goes through four stages. See how far this language has come.
- Translation started Done
- Portions Done
- New Testament Done
- Whole Bible Current stage
Bible translation in Papiamentu is at this stage: Complete Bible.
Complete Bible 1996-2017 New Testament 1916 Bible portions Available
Oral resources
Not every translation is written. Where the culture is oral, or where few people read, audio recordings bring the Word before the printed text does.
Audio recordings
Available
Jesus Film
Available
Where this language is spoken
CW
128.000
AW
86.000
NL
86.000
SX
8.900
US
1.000
Who speaks this language
5 people group(s) speak this as their primary language.
| People group | Speakers | Evang. | Chr. | Level of reach |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Crioulos papiamento
CW
|
128.000 | 6% | - | Partially reached |
|
Crioulos papiamento
AW
|
86.000 | 9.9% | - | Partially reached |
|
Crioulos papiamento
NL
|
86.000 | 6% | - | Partially reached |
|
Crioulos papiamento
SX
|
8.900 | 6% | - | Partially reached |
|
Crioulos papiamento
US
|
1.000 | 6% | - | Partially reached |
Pray for this language
Papiamentu speakers already have the complete Bible. Pray that it is read, understood and lived, and that the church in this language takes the gospel to other peoples.
Source: Joshua Project. Numbers updated periodically. · ISO 639-3: pap