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A Haitian Creole speaker, recorded in the United States. Haitian Creole (/ ˈ h eɪ ʃ ən ˈ k r iː oʊ l /; Haitian Creole: kreyòl ayisyen, [kɣejɔl ajisjɛ̃]; [6] [7] French: créole haïtien, [kʁe.ɔl a.i.sjɛ̃]), or simply Creole (Haitian Creole: kreyòl), is a French-based creole language spoken by 10 to 12 million people worldwide, and is one of the two official languages of Haiti ...
A creole language, [ 2][ 3][ 4] or simply creole, is a stable natural language that develops from the process of different languages simplifying and mixing into a new form (often a pidgin ), and then that form expanding and elaborating into a full-fledged language with native speakers, all within a fairly brief period. [ 5]
Antillean Creole has approximately thirteen million speakers and is a means of communication for migrant populations traveling between neighboring English- and French-speaking territories. Since French is a Romance language, French Antillean Creole is considered to be one of Latin America’s languages by some linguists.
Bajan ( / ˈbeɪdʒən / BAY-jən ), or Bajan Creole, is an English-based creole language with West/Central African and British influences spoken on the Caribbean island of Barbados. Bajan is primarily a spoken language, meaning that in general, standard English is used in print, in the media, in the judicial system, in government, and in day ...
The Sierra Leonean Creole or Krio is an English-based creole language that is lingua franca and de facto national language spoken throughout the West African nation of Sierra Leone. Krio is spoken by 96 percent of the country's population, [3] [4] and it unites the different ethnic groups in the country, especially in their trade and social ...
An English-based creole language (often shortened to English creole) is a creole language for which English was the lexifier, meaning that at the time of its formation the vocabulary of English served as the basis for the majority of the creole's lexicon. [ 1] Most English creoles were formed in British colonies, following the great expansion ...
Creolization. Creolization is the process through which creole languages and cultures emerge. [ 1] Creolization was first used by linguists to explain how contact languages become creole languages, but now scholars in other social sciences use the term to describe new cultural expressions brought about by contact between societies and relocated ...
51-AAA-ija. IETF. fr-HT. Haitian French ( French: français haïtien, Haitian Creole: fransè ayisyen) is the variety of French spoken in Haiti. [ 1] Haitian French is close to standard French. It should be distinguished from Haitian Creole, which is not mutually intelligible with French.