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Haitian Creole

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noun

  1. the creolized French that is the native language of most Haitians.


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“Together, we will work for a better tomorrow for all the children of our nation,” he wrote on X, the social media platform, in Haitian Creole.

From Seattle Times May 29, 2024

In the main market in Juarez, a noisy labyrinth of stalls where vendors sell food, plants and clothing, it’s not uncommon to hear Haitian Creole mixed in with Spanish and with English from tourists.

From Los Angeles Times May 7, 2024

Her latest effort is “Ki moun ou ye,” which translates literally from Haitian Creole to “Which person are you?”

From New York Times Feb. 29, 2024

April Mayes: It's a place where on the streets, you could hear Spanish, but also English, French, Haitian Creole.

From Scientific American Sep. 28, 2023

Haitian Creole is grammatically constructed, but has not to any general extent been reduced to writing.

From Self-Determining Haiti Four articles reprinted from The Nation embodying a report of an investigation made for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. by Johnson, James Weldon

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