Haitian Creole

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Haitian Creole is a French-based creole language spoken primarily in Haiti and its diaspora, recognized as one of the country's official languages and used in education, media, and religious life.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf French-based creole
creole language
natural language
subject–verb–object language
closelyRelatedTo Antillean Creole
Louisiana Creole
linked to: Antillean Creole
coOfficialWith French
countryOrRegionWhereOfficial Haiti
developedFrom French of the 17th and 18th centuries
developedIn Saint-Domingue
linked to: Haiti
glottocode hait1244
hasBasicWordOrder SVO
hasCaseInflection no
hasGrammaticalGender no
hasOfficialOrthography yes
hasSubstrateInfluenceFrom Central African languages
English
Portuguese
linked to: Portuguese language

Spanish
Taíno
West African languages
hasTenseAspectMarkers yes
historicalPeriodOfFormation 17th century
18th century
ISO639-1Code ht
ISO639-2Code hat
ISO639-3Code hat
languageFamily French-based creole languages
majorDialect Cap-Haïtien variety
Port-au-Prince variety
nativeName Kreyòl Ayisyen
linked to: Haitian Creole
numberOfSpeakersApproximate 12000000
officialStatus official language of Haiti
orthographyStandardizedIn 1979
primaryLexifierLanguage French
linked to: France
regulatingBody Akademi Kreyòl Ayisyen
spokenIn Bahamas
Canada
Caribbean diaspora communities
Cuba
Dominican Republic
France
French Guiana
Guadeloupe
Haiti
Martinique
United States
usedAs lingua franca in Haiti
usedIn Haitian media
education in Haiti
literature
music
religious life in Haiti
writingSystem Latin script

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Episcopal Church language Haitian Creole
North America hasMajorLanguage Haitian Creole
Haitian Creole nativeName Kreyòl Ayisyen
linked to: Haitian Creole
Diocese of Haiti languageUsed Haitian Creole
Caribbean hasLanguage Haitian Creole
West African languages influenced Haitian Creole
Akademi Kreyòl Ayisyen languageOfWork Haitian Creole
Akademi Kreyòl Ayisyen hasDomain Haitian Creole language
linked to: Haitian Creole
Haiti officialLanguage Haitian Creole
Haiti demonym Haitian
linked to: Haitian Creole
Haiti literaryLanguage Haitian Creole
Brooklyn hasSignificantLanguages Haitian Creole
Antillean Creole closelyRelatedTo Haitian Creole
Haitian Americans linguisticTie Haitian Creole
Greater Antilles hasMajorLanguage Haitian Creole
Latin America hasCreoleLanguage Haitian Creole
Afro-Caribbean people language Haitian Creole
Google Translate availableLanguage Haitian Creole
French influenced Haitian Creole
Jean-Jacques Dessalines languageSpoken Haitian Creole
Miami metropolitan area language Haitian Creole
Akademi Kreyòl Ayisyen regulates Haitian Creole
subject linked to: AKA
Akademi Kreyòl Ayisyen officialLanguageRegulated Haitian Creole
subject linked to: AKA
Akademi Kreyòl Ayisyen languageOfWork Haitian Creole
subject linked to: AKA
Ouest Department officialLanguage Haitian Creole
Nicholas hasLanguageOfUse Haitian Creole
Hispaniola hasMajorLanguage Haitian Creole
Port-au-Prince officialLanguage Haitian Creole
Philomé Obin languageOfWorkOrName Haitian Creole
Préféte Duffaut languageOfWorkOrName Haitian Creole
Préféte Duffaut nativeLanguage Haitian Creole
Patrice hasLanguageOfUse Haitian Creole
Armand hasLanguageOfUse Haitian Creole
Caribbean Americans language Haitian Creole
Zanmi Lasante languageOfName Haitian Creole
Haitian Canadians languageSpoken Haitian Creole
Haitian Canadians ethnicOrigin Haitian
linked to: Haitian Creole
Haitian Canadians relatedGroup Haitian French
linked to: Haitian Creole