Haitian Creole Language
Haitian Creole dialects, Creole alphabet, Creole orthography, Creole language history and sources
Haitian Creole language
Haitian Creole: It became the official language in 1961, also called French Creole.
Number of Haitian Creole Speakers: Six million.
Haitian Creole Speakers: In Haiti, Dominican Republic, and New York.
Language Classification: French-based Romance language.
Haitian Creole Dialects: Five.
Haitian Creole Alphabet: Modified Latin alphabet containing 12 vowel and 22 consonant phonemes.
Haitian Creole Orthography: French type of phonological, morphological, syntactical, and lexical characteristics.
Haitian Creole Language History: It goes back to the 17th century.
Haitian Creole Language Enriched by: French language.
Haitian Creole Standardization Efforts: Idea of standardization is developing but has not been implemented yet.
Unique Features of Haitian Creole: Great similarities with French.
For more linguistic affiliation, language variation, orthography, linguistic sketch, and history of Haitian Creole language UCLA Language Materials Project has a good linguistics and interlingual background information on Haitian Creole.
