Guene language

Guene (/ˈɡɛnɛ/) or Gueni is the name used to refer to a Portuguese-based creole language or languages spoken in Curaçao and Bonaire by enslaved afro-curaçaoans and their descendants. By the time it was first studied in the 20th century, Guene was extinct. However, traditional songs in Guene have survived into the modern era, and were recorded by linguists and folklorists from the 1950s onwards.

This fragmentary evidence suggests Guene shares features with other Portuguese-based creoles from Africa, especially Cape Verdean and Guinea-Bissau Creoles. The name of the dialect originates in the Portuguese word for Guinea.

It may have played a role in the development of Papiamento, the modern-day native language of Curaçao, Bonaire and Aruba.