Haitian Creole

E937

French-based creole creole language natural language subject–verb–object language

Haitian Creole is a French-based creole language spoken primarily in Haiti and its diaspora, recognized as one of the country's official languages and used in education, media, and religious life.

Aliases (4)

Statements (54)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	French-based creole → creole language → natural language → subject–verb–object language →
closelyRelatedTo	Antillean Creole → Louisiana Creole →
coOfficialWith	French →
countryOrRegionWhereOfficial	Haiti →
developedFrom	French of the 17th and 18th centuries →
developedIn	Saint-Domingue →
glottocode	hait1244 →
hasBasicWordOrder	SVO →
hasCaseInflection	no →
hasGrammaticalGender	no →
hasOfficialOrthography	yes →
hasSubstrateInfluenceFrom	Central African languages → English → Portuguese → Spanish → Taíno → West African languages →
hasTenseAspectMarkers	yes →
historicalPeriodOfFormation	17th century → 18th century →
ISO639-1Code	ht →
ISO639-2Code	hat →
ISO639-3Code	hat →
languageFamily	French-based creole languages →
majorDialect	Cap-Haïtien variety → Port-au-Prince variety →
nativeName	Kreyòl Ayisyen →
numberOfSpeakersApproximate	12000000 →
officialStatus	official language of Haiti →
orthographyStandardizedIn	1979 →
primaryLexifierLanguage	French →
regulatingBody	Akademi Kreyòl Ayisyen →
spokenIn	Bahamas → Canada → Caribbean diaspora communities → Cuba → Dominican Republic → France → French Guiana → Guadeloupe → Haiti → Martinique → United States →
usedAs	lingua franca in Haiti →
usedIn	Haitian media → education in Haiti → literature → music → religious life in Haiti →
writingSystem	Latin script →

Referenced by (63)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Afro-Caribbean people → Black Canadians → Caribbean Americans → Caribbean Canadians → Caribbean islands → Didi Bertrand Farmer → Episcopal Church → Léogâne → Miami metropolitan area →	language
Haitian Canadians → Jean-Jacques Dessalines → Toussaint Bréda → Wyclef Jean →	languageSpoken
Caribbean → Province II of the Episcopal Church → South Florida →	hasLanguage
Armand → Nicholas → Patrice →	hasLanguageOfUse
Greater Antilles → Hispaniola → North America →	hasMajorLanguage
Haiti → Ouest Department → Port-au-Prince →	officialLanguage
Collège Saint-Pierre → École Sainte-Croix →	hasLanguageOfInstruction
French → West African languages →	influenced
Bishop Tharp Business and Technology Institute → Holy Trinity Music School →	languageOfInstruction
Archdiocese of Boston → Latin American dioceses of the Episcopal Church →	languageOfLiturgy
Akademi Kreyòl Ayisyen → Akademi Kreyòl Ayisyen →	languageOfWork
Philomé Obin → Préféte Duffaut →	languageOfWorkOrName
Akademi Kreyòl Ayisyen →	associatedLanguage
Google Translate →	availableLanguage
Antillean Creole →	closelyRelatedTo
French colony of Saint-Domingue →	commonLanguage
Haiti ("Haitian") →	demonym
Haitian Canadians ("Haitian") →	ethnicOrigin
Latin America →	hasCreoleLanguage
Akademi Kreyòl Ayisyen ("Haitian Creole language") →	hasDomain
Brooklyn →	hasSignificantLanguages
Suffolk County →	hasSignificantMinorityLanguage
Zanmi Lasante →	languageOfName
Akademi Kreyòl Ayisyen →	languageStandardized
Diocese of Haiti →	languageUsed
Haitian Americans →	linguisticTie
Haiti →	literaryLanguage
Préféte Duffaut →	nativeLanguage
Haitian Creole ("Kreyòl Ayisyen") →	nativeName
Akademi Kreyòl Ayisyen →	officialLanguageRegulated
Akademi Kreyòl Ayisyen →	officialLanguageScope
Akademi Kreyòl Ayisyen →	operatesInLanguage
Episcopal Theological Seminary in Haiti →	primaryLanguageOfInstruction
Holy Trinity Cathedral, Port-au-Prince →	primaryLanguageOfWorship
Catholic Church in Haiti →	primaryLanguageUsedInLiturgy
Akademi Kreyòl Ayisyen →	regulates
Haitian Canadians ("Haitian French") →	relatedGroup
Haitian Vodou →	usesLanguage