Haitian Creole
- noun
- /ˈheɪʃən ˈkriːoʊl/
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criollo haitiano
- It was translated into Spanish and Haitian Creole and then back-translated into English by a new pair of translators.
Examples
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With the exception of those from the Miami Herald, he said, journalists who traveled to Haiti for two or three days to cover a story cannot speak Haitian Creole.
Academic text (2009) -
Haitian Creole is widely used in everyday conversations across the country.
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Workshops have been offered in other languages as well, including Haitian Creole.
Academic text (2004) -
Trained research assistants administered a survey in English, Spanish, or Haitian Creole during employees' work shifts from September 2006 to July 2007.
Academic text (2012) -
The Haitian Creole language version (Figure 5) uniquely contains cabbage in the Vegetables Group (instead of spinach) and grapes in the Fruits Group (instead of a melon).
Academic text (2002) -
Many students in Haiti learn subjects in Haitian Creole rather than French.
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During the festival, speeches were given in Haitian Creole to engage the local community.
Synonyms
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A stable language formed by mixing two or more languages and spoken as a community's main language
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'the creole language spoken in Haiti' is directly and compositionally derived from 'Haitian' (of Haiti) + 'creole' (a mixed/stable language), so a learner who knows both constituents can infer the referent. This demonym + language-type pattern is cross-linguistically common and follows regular noun-noun naming conventions, making it immediately comprehensible to a B1 learner.
Etymology
Haitian Creole began when French speakers and people from Africa had to talk together, so bits of French and African words mixed into a new way of speaking. The word Creole points to this 'mix', and that's why Haitian Creole is the everyday language of many people in Haiti.