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In other languages: Description[edit | edit source]
The two official languages of Haiti are French and Haitian Creole.
- principal written and administratively authorized language
- spoken by 42% of Haitians
- spoken by all educated Haitians
- the medium of instruction in most schools
- used in the business sector
- used in ceremonial events such as weddings, graduations and church Masses
- recently undergone a standardization
- spoken by virtually the entire population of Haiti
- one of the French-based creole languages
- Its vocabulary is 90% derived from French, but its grammar resembles that of some West African languages
- has influences from Taino, Spanish, and Portuguese
- related to the other French creoles, but most closely to the Antillean Creole and Louisiana Creole variants [1]
Difference between Haitian Creole and French
- Haitian Creole and French have similar pronunciations and share many lexical items
- over 90% of the Haitian Creole vocabulary is of French origin
- many cognate terms actually have different meanings
- the grammars of Haitian Creole and French are very different (in Haitian Creole, verbs are not conjugated as they are in French)
- both Haitian Creole and French have also experienced semantic change; words that had a single meaning in the 17th century have changed or have been replaced in both languages [2]
Word List(s)[edit | edit source]
- French Genealogical Word List
- French Word List
- Haitian Creole Vocabulary and Word Lists
- Haitian Creole Word List - People
- Haitian Creole Word List - Family
- Haitian Creole Word List - Days of the Week and Months of the Year
Alphabet and Pronunciation[edit | edit source]
- Haitian Creole Consonants and Vowels - Wikipedia
- Haitian Creole Numbers - Wikipedia
- French Language Consonants and Vowels - Wikipedia
- French Language Alphabet - Wikipedia
Language Aids and Dictionaries[edit | edit source]
Language Aids
- French Language
- French Handwriting
- Haitian Creole Grammar - Pronouns, Articles, Verbs, etc.
- Language Origins of Haitian Creole Words
Dictionaries
- Vilsaint, Féquière and Jean-Evens Berret. English Haitian Creole dictionary. Coconut Creek, FL: Educa Vision, 2005. Available at: WorldCat.
- Theodore, Charmant. Haitian Creole dictionary & phrasebook. New York: Hippocrene Books, 2009. Available at: WorldCat.
- Targète, Jean and Raphael G Urciolo. Haitian Creole-English dictionary. Kensington, Md: Dunwoody Press, Dunwoody Press. Available at: WorldCat.
- Goldsmith, Evelyn, Amanda Earl, Lyn Mitchell, and Adriana Capadose. French dictionary. Bromley: Harrap, 1990. Available at: WorldCat.
- Cousin, Pierre-Henri. Collins French dictionary. Glasgow [Scotland], Great Britain,: HarperCollins Publishers, 2012. Available at: WorldCat.
Online Dictionaries
- Haitian Creole-English Dictionary (Haiti-Reference)
- Translator Haitian Creole to English (Microsoft Bing)
- English-French Dictionary (Collins)
- English-French Dictionary (Reverso Dictionary)
Additional Resources[edit | edit source]
- Accilien, Cécile and Jowel C Laguerre. Haitian Creole phrasebook. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2011. Available at: WorldCat.
- Valdman, Albert. Haitian Creole : structure, variation, status, origin. Sheffield, UK: Equinox Publishing Ltd, 2015. Available at: WorldCat.
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Haiti," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haiti#Languages#Languages, accessed 3 Apr 2021.
- ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Haitian Creole," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haitian_Creole#Difference_between_Haitian_Creole_and_French, accessed 3 Apr 2021.