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Castelline, a speaker of Haitian Creole, 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 ...
The two official languages of Haiti are French and Haitian Creole. French is the principal written and administratively authorized language (as well as the main language of the press) and is spoken by 42% of Haitians. [366] [367] It is spoken by all educated Haitians, is the medium of instruction in most schools, and is used in the business ...
Haitian singers by language (1 C) H. Haitian Creole (3 C, 4 P) Pages in category "Languages of Haiti" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total.
Haitian language may refer to: . Haitian Creole (kreyòl ayisyen), a French-based creole language native to Haiti; Haitian French, the variety of French spoken in Haiti; Taíno language, an extinct indigenous language spoken in Haiti (or Hayti), the rest of the Greater Antilles and the Lucayan Archipelago; previously coined the Haitian language (or Haytian language)
People of Haitian origin in the Dominican Republic Haiti Population Density, 2000. Haiti is a Creole-speaking nation of roughly 11.7 million people. Although French is spoken as a primary language by the educated and wealthy minority, virtually the entire population speaks Haitian Creole, one of several
A creole language, [2] [3] [4] or simply creole, is a stable natural language that develops from the process of different languages simplifying and mixing into a new form (often a pidgin), and then that form expanding and elaborating into a full-fledged language with native speakers, all within a fairly brief period. [5]
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 Haitian Creole language did not have any regulation until the 1940s, when former Haitian president Élie Lescot made attempts at standardizing the language. It had an official orthography by the late 1970s [citation needed], and it was elevated to co-official language with French in the 1987 Haitian Constitution.