Haitian Creole facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Haitian Creole |
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| kreyòl ayisyen | ||||
| Native to | Haiti | |||
| Ethnicity | Haitians | |||
| Native speakers | Over 10 million (date missing) | |||
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French Creole
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| Writing system | Latin (Haitian Creole alphabet) | |||
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| Official language in |  Haiti |
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| Regulated by | Akademi Kreyòl Ayisyen (Haitian Creole Academy) | |||
| Linguasphere | 51-AAC-cb | |||
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Haitian Creole is a type of Creole language spoken by about 13 million people, mostly Haitians and the Haitian diaspora. This language is called Kreyòl Ayisien by those who speak it.
Origins
The language was made in Haiti by contact between colonizers who spoke French and black people they enslaved who spoke African languages. The African influences in Haitian Creole can be noticed in the sound, syntax, and some words. In Haiti, the upper classes have often disrespected Haitian Creole even though they speak it, but recently it is beginning to become more accepted. There are more books in Haitian Creole, and it was finally acknowledged in Haiti's constitution in 1987.
Images for kids
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Haitian Creole version of the Book of Mormon, Doctrine and Covenants and Pearl of Great Price; note the grave accents.
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Haitian Creole display at a car rental counter in the Northwest Florida Beaches International Airport (2014).
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See also
In Spanish: Criollo haitiano para niños
