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  2. Haitian Creole - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  3. Creole language - Wikipedia

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    Haitian Creole in use at car rental counter in Florida, U.S. in 2014 Because of social, political, and academic changes brought on by decolonization in the second half of the 20th century, creole languages have experienced revivals in the past few decades.

  4. List of creole languages - Wikipedia

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    A creole language is a stable natural language developed from a mixture of different languages. Unlike a pidgin, a simplified form that develops as a means of communication between two or more groups, a creole language is a complete language, used in a community and acquired by children as their native language.

  5. List of pidgins, creoles, mixed languages and cants based on ...

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    Haitian Creole (Kreyòl ayisyen, locally called Creole) Louisiana Creole (Kréyol la Lwizyàn, locally called Kourí-Viní and Creole), the Louisiana French Creole language. (not confuse with Louisiana French or Cajun French) Varieties with progressive aspect marker ka [3]

  6. Akademi Kreyòl Ayisyen - Wikipedia

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    The Akademi Kreyòl Ayisyen (Haitian Creole pronunciation: [akademi kɣejɔl ajisjɛ̃]), known in French as the Académie du Créole Haïtien and in English as the Haitian Creole Academy, is the language regulator of Haitian Creole. [3] It is composed of up to 55 scholars under the leadership of Rogéda Dorcé Dorcil. [4] [5]

  7. Antillean Creole - Wikipedia

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    Its syntactic, grammatical and lexical features are virtually identical to that of Martinican Creole, but like its Saint Lucian counterpart, it has more English loanwords than the Martinican variety. People who speak Haitian Creole can also understand Dominican Creole French. Even though there are a number of distinctive features, they are ...

  8. Pierre Vernet - Wikipedia

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    Pierre Vernet (21 March 1943 – 12 January 2010) [1] was a Haitian linguist and lexicographer, who created the Center for Applied Linguistics in Port-au-Prince.He was instrumental in standardizing Haitian Creole (Krèyol) spelling as an aid to literacy, and the elaboration of French-Krèyol lexicons of terminology.

  9. Bryant Freeman - Wikipedia

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    Bryant Freeman was a retired emeritus University of Kansas professor. He was primarily known for being the founder and director of the University of Kansas Institute of Haitian Studies, one of the few such institutes in a major university in the United States.