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==Description== | ==Description== | ||
The two official languages of Haiti are French and Haitian Creole. | |||
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_language '''French '''] | |||
* 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 | |||
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haitian_Creole '''Haitian Creole'''] | |||
* 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 <ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Haiti," in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'', https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haiti#Languages#Languages, accessed 3 Apr 2021.</ref> | |||
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haitian_Creole#Difference_between_Haitian_Creole_and_French '''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 <ref>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.</ref> | |||
==Word List(s)== | ==Word List(s)== | ||
==Alphabet and Pronunciation== | ==Alphabet and Pronunciation== | ||