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A Haitian Creole speaker, recorded in the United States. Haitian Creole (/ ˈ h eɪ ʃ ən ˈ k r iː oʊ l /; Haitian Creole: kreyòl ayisyen, [kɣejɔl ajisjɛ̃]; [6] [7] French: créole haïtien, [kʁe.ɔl a.i.sjɛ̃]), or simply Creole (Haitian Creole: kreyòl), is a French-based creole language spoken by 10 to 12 million people worldwide, and is one of the two official languages of Haiti ...
The official languages of Haiti are French and Haitian Creole. Traditionally, the two languages served different functions, with Haitian Creole the informal everyday language of all the people, regardless of social class, and French the language of formal situations: schools, newspapers, the law and the courts, and official documents and decrees.
The perceivable difference between Haitian French and the French spoken in Paris lies in the Haitian speaker's intonation, where a subtle creole-based tone carrying the French on top is found. [1] Importantly, these differences are not enough to create a misunderstanding between a native Parisian speaker and a speaker of Haitian French. [1]
Overall, about 90–95% of Haitians only speak Haitian Creole and French fluently, with over half only knowing Creole. [367] Haitian Creole, [368] locally called Kreyòl, [369] has recently undergone standardization and is spoken by virtually the entire population. [370] One of the French-based creole languages, Haitian Creole has a vocabulary
Haitian Creole is a French-based creole with 90% of its vocabulary derived from or influenced by Portuguese, Spanish, Taíno, and various West African languages. [19] French is the primary written and administrative language (as well as the main language of the press) and is spoken by 42% of Haitians.
Jean-Claude Exulien, a pioneer in Miami’s Haitian community, was fondly known as Mèt Zin — Creole for “The Newsman.” Exulien, who died on Jan. 4 in Miami at 85 from liver cancer ...
He felt compelled to speak out because he fears that the inflammatory rhetoric about Haitians could one day escalate into actual violence – something that many Haitians in Springfield have ...
Haitian Creole is the second most spoken language in Cuba, where over 300,000 Haitian immigrants speak it. It is recognized as a language in Cuba and a considerable number of Cubans speak it fluently. Most of these speakers have never been to Haiti and do not possess Haitian ancestry, but merely learned it in their communities.