Haitian Creole
Caribbean French-based language
Haitian Creole is the language spoken by virtually all Haitians, developed from French and West African languages during the colonial period.
It became an official language of Haiti alongside French in 1987.
Though French-based, it has its own grammar and vocabulary: Li pale Kreyòl means "He speaks Creole." Also called simply Creole or Kreyòl.
Pidgin maturing into mother tongue
- pidginImprovised contact language
- FrenchOf or from Paris's nation
- syntaxRules for arranging words
- grammarLanguage's structural rules
vocabulary · morphology · phonology · lexicon · vernacular · linguistics · sociolinguistics · semantics
Coexisting language varieties, distinct roles
- code-switchingAlternating between linguistic varieties
- FrenchOf or from Paris's nation
- bilingual educationSchooling using two languages
- mother tongueLanguage acquired from birth
second language · fluency · translation · interpretation · language barrier · multilingualism · literacy · standardization
Haitian spirit-centered religion
- AfricanOf that southern continent
- FrenchOf or from Paris's nation
- colonialismDomination through foreign settlement
- slaveryOwnership of people
revolution · independence · folklore · drumming · rituals · ancestry · traditions · oral history
Haiti's seat of government
Scattered population sharing origins
- communityCollective of connected people
- prideSatisfaction from one's achievements
- resilienceCapacity to recover quickly
- migrationMovement to new territory
exile · homeland · nostalgia · belonging · solidarity · cultural preservation · radio · music
creolization
Pidgin maturing into mother tongue
grammar · vocabulary · morphology · phonology · lexicon · vernacular · linguistics · sociolinguistics · semantics · phonetics
diglossia
Coexisting language varieties, distinct roles
- code-switchingAlternating between linguistic varieties
- FrenchOf or from Paris's nation
- bilingual educationSchooling using two languages
mother tongue · second language · fluency · translation · interpretation · language barrier · multilingualism · literacy · standardization · prestige
Vodou
Haitian spirit-centered religion
- AfricanOf that southern continent
- FrenchOf or from Paris's nation
- colonialismDomination through foreign settlement
slavery · revolution · independence · folklore · drumming · rituals · ancestry · traditions · oral history · proverbs
Port-au-Prince
Haiti's seat of government
diaspora · Miami · Montreal · New York · griot · plantain · carnival
diaspora
Scattered population sharing origins
- communityCollective of connected people
- prideSatisfaction from one's achievements
- resilienceCapacity to recover quickly
migration · exile · homeland · nostalgia · belonging · solidarity · cultural preservation · radio · music · literature
- Creole culturesmixed heritage
- FrancophoneFrance, Paris, French language, French grammar, Canadian French
- French LanguagesFrench, Picard, Norman, Walloon, Bourguignon
- trade languagepidgin, lingua franca, pidgin English
- Island LanguagesIcelandic, Faroese, Maltese, Fijian, Samoan
- Caribbean slangpatois, mon, nuff, cyan, yuh
Haitian CreoleSanskrit
Ancient Indo-Aryan language
Old English · Mandarin Chinese · Arabic · Japanese · Ancient Greek
Creole, Louisiana Creole, Haiti, Haitian, creoles, creolize, creolized, Haitians