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Location map of Carucere, where Papotement is spoken.

Papotement, locally rendered as Paputemanti (IPA: [paputeˈmanti]), also known as Carucerean Creole (Papotement: Kreòl Karukais, IPA: [kʁeəl kaʁukais]), is a Gaullican-based creole language spoken by half a million people in the Asterias. It is the most widely spoken language in Carucere, where it is one of two official languages of the country, the other being Gaullican.

Papotement has its origins from the creole spoken by enslaved Bahians on the Colony of Saint-Brendan in the 18th century, but the modern form of the language originates from the interactions between free Bahians and Gowsa workers, who spoke Ziba, in the mid to late 19th century. The vocabulary of Papotement mostly originates from Gaullican, but its grammar resembles that of Southern Bahian languages, particularly the veRwizi language, and also the Ziba language. Ziba has played a significant role in the creole since the mid-19th century, introducing new vocabulary, grammar, and methods of pronunciation. It is not mutually intelligible with standard Gaullican, and has its own distinctive pronunciation, vocabulary, and grammar.

While Gaullican still remains the language of prestige, Papotement is the lingua gaullica of the Republic of Carucere. Carucereans tend to speak Papotement at home and in media; Gaullican is limited to administration and educational purposes. Though Carucereans are of numerous ethnic origins, including Southeast Coian, Bahian, and Euclean; Papotement has gradually replaced the ancestral languages of most the population to become the primary home language of the country.

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