These are palindromes (sentences which read the same front to back as back to front) in the Papiamento language. I made them all on one evening in 1991, trying to impress my (then) girlfriend who speaks papiamento as her mother tongue (you guessed that already!)
The first two lines of each one are the palindrome, followed by Dutch and English translations.
I think this is the largest collection in this language in the world. Please correct me if I'm wrong.
Ata, aya papaya, ata! !ata ,ayapap aya ,atA Kijk's, daar is een papaya, kijk's! Look, there is a papaya fruit, look! Ariba e ana e a bira arib a e ana e abirA Boven de leeftijd die hij is geworden On top of the age he already became E boca ta cobe eboc at acob E De mond schold hem/haar uit The mouth scolded him E casa a sac'e e'cas a asac E De echtgeno(o)t(e) heeft hem/haar eruit gegooid The spouse threw him/her out E casanan nobonan o bonnan a sac'e e'cas a nannob o nanobon nanasac E De goede of nieuwe echtgenoten hebben hem/haar eruit gegooid The good and new spouses threw him/her out El a dodo, dale! !elad ,odod a lE Hij heeft geslapen, sla hem! He slept, hit him! E soca ta cose esoc at acos E De soca naait The soca sews E SU a us'e e'su a US E De Sovjet-Unie heeft hem gebruikt The Soviet Union has used him Nan a bira bakinan, i kaba riba nan nan abir abak i ,nanikab arib a naN Zij hebben de bakken omgegooid en zijn erop terecht gekomen. They threw the baskets upside down and ended on top of them Nita batata tabatin nitabat atatab atiN Nita, er waren aardappels Nita, there were potatoes No baha habon! !nobah ahab oN Zeep, zak niet! Don't drop, soap! Rolf a caca flor rolf acac a floR Rolf heeft bloemen gepoept Rolf shit flowers (Actually, he is a good friend of mine and denies this firmly) Sopi nita patin i pos sop i nitap atin ipoS This is left untranslated.
The only other palindrome in Papiamento I knew to exist was "Ata, Salas ata!", by Carel de Hageth from Klein St. Michielsgestel, Curaçao, quoted from Battus, SymmyS, Querido Amsterdam 1991.
But now Howard Maxwell made another one, probably the largest to exist yet!
Amor a huma mark i kram a muha roma amor a huma mark i kram a muha romA De liefde heeft Mark gerookt en diarree heeft Rome natgemaakt Love smoked mark and diarrea wetted Rome. Thanks, Howard! rvjansen@xs4all.nl