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Haitian Creole speakers


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  • Variants

    • Ayisyen speakers
    • Créole haïtien speakers
    • Haitian speakers
    • Kreyòl ayisyen speakers
    • Speakers of Haitian
    • Speakers of Haitian Creole
    • Speakers of Western Caribbean Creole (Haitian Creole speakers)
    • Western Caribbean Creole speakers (Haitian Creole speakers)
  • Earlier Established Forms

    • Haitian speakers
  • Sources

    • found: Ethnologue online, April 28, 2015(Haitian; alternate names: Creole, Haitian Creole, Western Caribbean Creole; classification: creole, French-based; also other languages called Western Caribbean Creole in other countries) July 6, 2022 (Haitian Creole; a language of Haiti; alternate names: Ayisyen, Creole, Haitian, Kreyol, Kreyòl, Western Caribbean Creole, créole haïtien; autonym: Kreyòl Ayisyen; Western Caribbean Creole also an alternate name of Belize English Creole)
    • found: Britannica online, July 6, 2022(Haitian Creole, a French-based vernacular language that developed in the late 17th and early 18th centuries; one of Haiti's official languages since 1987 and is the first language of about 95 percent of Haitians)
    • found: Wikipedia, July 6, 2022(Haitian Creole (Haitian Creole: kreyòl ayisyen, French: créole haïtien), commonly referred to as simply Creole, or Kreyòl in the Creole language, is a French-based creole language)
    • found: Haitian Creole Wikipedia, July 6, 2022:Kreyòl ayisyen (kreyòl ayisyen, or ayisyen)
    • found: Glottolog, July 6, 2022(Haitian)
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  • Change Notes

    • 2015-04-28: new
    • 2022-11-09: revised
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