Haitian Creole

Haitian Creole
kreyòl ayisyen
Pronunciation[kɣejɔl]
Native toHaiti
EthnicityHaitians
Native speakers
Over 10 million[1]
French Creole
  • Haitian Creole
Latin (Haitian Creole alphabet)
Official status
Official language in
 Haiti
Regulated byAkademi Kreyòl Ayisyen (Haitian Creole Academy)[2]
Language codes
ISO 639-1ht
ISO 639-2hat
ISO 639-3hat
Glottologhait1244  Haitian
Linguasphere51-AAC-cb
IETFht
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Haitian Creole is a type of Creole language spoken by about 13 million people, mostly Haitians and the Haitian diaspora. Most of its vocabulary is derived from French. This language is called Kreyòl Ayisien by those who speak it.[3]

  1. https://languages.ufl.edu/academics/llc-languages/haitian-creole-studies/
  2. "Cérémonie de lancement d'un partenariat entre le Ministère de l'Education Nationale et de la Formation Professionnelle et l'Académie Créole" (in French and Haitian Creole). Port‑au‑Prince, Haiti: Government of the Republic of Haiti. 8 July 2015. Archived from the original on 28 July 2015. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
  3. "Haitian Creole language, alphabet and pronunciation". www.omniglot.com. Retrieved 2018-08-25.

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