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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.

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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.

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