Haitian Creole, or simply Creole, is a French-based creole language with a Romance foundation and significant Atlantic-Congo structural influences, spoken by over 13 million people worldwide. It is one of the two official languages of Haiti, where it is the native language of the vast majority of the population, and is the most widely spoken creole language in the world.
Facts
ISO 639-3 Code Speaker Count2020 estimate. Classification
Official Status Connections
Descends From
Haitian Creole is a French-lexifier creole language, textbook-classified as descending from (colonial) French.
Written In
Haitian Creole is standardly written in the Latin alphabet.
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Haitian Creole
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Haitian Creole, or simply Creole, is a French-based creole language with a Romance foundation and significant Atlantic-Congo structural influences. It is spoken by over 13 million people worldwide, primarily Haitian citizens and the Haitian diaspora. It is one of the two official languages of Haiti, where it is the native language of the vast majority of the population. It is also the most widely spoken creole language in the world.
Infobox, ISO 639-3
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Infobox, Speakers
13 million (2020)
Infobox, Native to
Haiti
Official status, Haitian Creole entity page
It is one of the two official languages of Haiti, where it is the native language of the vast majority of the population, and is the most widely spoken creole language in the world.
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