Haitian Creole - Revision history

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‎Online Kreyol Courses: formatting

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‎Development

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Doe at 18:00, 14 August 2007

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−	'''Haitian Creole''' (''Kreyòl ayisyen'' also increasingly just ''Haitian''; French: ''Créole haïtien'') is a creole language based on French and is considered one of the 11 romance languages. It is spoken in [[Haiti]] by about 8 million people, which is nearly the whole population. Via immigration, several hundred thousand speakers live in other countries, including Canada, the United States and France, as well as in many Caribbean nations, especially the [[Dominican Republic]] and the Bahamas.	+	'''Haitian Creole''' (''Kreyòl ayisyen'' also increasingly just ''Haitian' (Ayisyen); French: ''Créole haïtien'') is a creole language based on French and is considered one of the 11 romance languages. It is spoken in [[Haiti]] by about 8 million people, which is nearly the whole population. Via immigration, several hundred thousand speakers live in other countries, including Canada, the United States and France, as well as in many Caribbean nations, especially the [[Dominican Republic]] and the Bahamas.

	There are linguistic influences from several West African languages, namely from Wolof, and some Gbe languages, notably Fon and Ewe/Anlo-Ewe. There are two dialects: Fablas and Plateau Haitian Creole.		There are linguistic influences from several West African languages, namely from Wolof, and some Gbe languages, notably Fon and Ewe/Anlo-Ewe. There are two dialects: Fablas and Plateau Haitian Creole.

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 * Marylin Mason: [http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/mit2haiti/Index4.html Creole Links Page]
-==Online Kreyol Courses==
+===Online Kreyol Courses===
 *[http://www.eric.ed.gov/ERICDocs/data/ericdocs2sql/content_storage_01/0000019b/80/13/b1/d0.pdf Ann pale kreyòl (Let's speak creole)] - An introductory course in Haitian Creole - pdf document/264 pages.
 [[Category:Glossary]]

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 * Kreyol - The Language of Haiti - [http://www.geocities.com/frenchcreoles/kreyol/ Haitian Kreyol grammar etc.]
 * Marylin Mason: [http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/mit2haiti/Index4.html Creole Links Page]
 [[Category:Glossary]]

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 ==Development==
-Haitian Creole developed in [[Saint-Domingue]] as the [[slaves]] from Africa (who themselves spoke many different languages and the French colonialists had no common means of communication. Official documents by [[Sonthonax]], during the period of the Haitian Revolution are among the first written examples of this language.
+Haitian Creole developed in [[Saint-Domingue]] as the [[slaves]] from Africa - who themselves spoke many different languages - and the French colonialists had no common means of communication. Official documents by [[Sonthonax]], during the period of the Haitian Revolution are among the first written examples of this language.
 ==Numbers==

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 In the Caribbean, forms of French based Creole are widely spoken in Haiti, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Dominica and St. Lucia. It's also spoken in French Guyana in South America, and on the islands of Réunion and the Seychelles in the Indian Ocean.
-==Develppment==
+==Development==
 Haitian Creole developed in [[Saint-Domingue]] as the [[slaves]] from Africa (who themselves spoke many different languages and the French colonialists had no common means of communication. Official documents by [[Sonthonax]], during the period of the Haitian Revolution are among the first written examples of this language.
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 * [[Mèsi Papa Desalin]] - Poem in Kreyòl, honoring [[Jean-Jacques Dessalines]] (by Félix Morisseau-Leroy).
-==Reference==
+==References==
 * Haitian Creole language. (2005, November 23). Wikipedia, ''The Free Encyclopedia''. Retrieved 18:12, December 7, 2005 [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Haitian_Creole_language&oldid=29075860].

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 ==See also==
 * [[La Dessalinienne]] - Haitian national anthem; includes lyrics in Kreyòl.
 * [[Mèsi Papa Desalin]] - Poem in Kreyòl, honoring [[Jean-Jacques Dessalines]] (by Félix Morisseau-Leroy).

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	In the Caribbean, forms of French based Creole are widely spoken in Haiti, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Dominica and St. Lucia. It's also spoken in French Guyana in South America, and on the islands of Réunion and the Seychelles in the Indian Ocean.		In the Caribbean, forms of French based Creole are widely spoken in Haiti, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Dominica and St. Lucia. It's also spoken in French Guyana in South America, and on the islands of Réunion and the Seychelles in the Indian Ocean.
		+
		+	===Numbers==
		+
		+	*''zero'' - 0
		+	*''yonn, en'' - 1
		+	*''de, dez'' - 2
		+	*''twa'' - 3
		+	*''kat, katr'' - 4
		+	*''senk'' - 5
		+	*''sis'' - 6
		+	*''sèt'' - 7
		+	*''uit, ywit'' - 8
		+	*''nèf'' - 9
		+	*''dis'' - 10
		+	*''onz'' - 11
		+	*''douz'' - 12
		+	*''trèz'' - 13
		+	*''katòz'' - 14
		+	*''kenz'' - 15
		+	*''sèz'' - 16
		+	*''disèt'' - 17
		+	*''dizwit'' - 18
		+	*''diznèf'' - 19
		+	*''ven, vent'' - 20
		+	*''venteyen, vent-yonn'' - 21
		+	*''vennde, vent-dez'' - 22
		+	*''venntwa, vent-twa'' - 23
		+	*''...etc.''
		+
		+	*''trant'' - 30
		+	*''tranteyen, trant-yonn'' - 31
		+	*''trannde'' - 32
		+	*''tranntwa'' - 33
		+	*''...etc.''
		+
		+	*''karant'' - 40
		+	*''karanteyen, karant-yonn'' - 41
		+	*''karannde'' - 42
		+	*''karanntwa'' - 43
		+	*''...etc.''
		+
		+	*''senkant'' - 50
		+	*''swasant'' - 60
		+	*''swasenndis'' - 70
		+	*''swasenteyonz''- 71
		+	*''swasenndouz''- 72
		+	*''swasenntrèz''- 73
		+	*''...etc.''
		+
		+	*''katreven, katrevent'' - 80
		+	*''katrevendis, katreven-dis''- 90
		+	*''katrevenonz, katreven-onz''- 91
		+	*''katrevendouz''- 92
		+	*''katreventrèz''- 93
		+	*''...etc.''
		+
		+	*''san'' - 100
		+	*''san en, san yonn'' - 101
		+	*''san dis'' - 110
		+	*''de san, dez san'' - 200
		+	*''de san ven'' - 220
		+	*''twa san'' - 300
		+	*''kat san'' - 400
		+	*''senk san'' - 500
		+	*''si san'' - 600
		+	*''sèt san'' - 700
		+	*''ui(t) san'' - 800
		+	*''nèf san'' - 900
		+
		+	*''nèf san katrevendisèt'' - 997
		+	*''nèf san katrevendizuit'' - 998
		+	*''nèf san katrevendiznèf'' - 999
		+
		+	*''mil'' - 1000
		+	*''de mil'' - 2000
		+	*''senk mil'' - 5000
		+	*''di mil'' - 10 000
		+	*''san mil'' - 100 000
		+	*''1 milyon'' - 1 000 000, 1 million
		+	*''1 bilyon'' - 1 000 000 000, 1 billion

	==See also==		==See also==

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−	'''Haitian Creole''' (''Kreyòl ayisyen'' also increasingly just ''Haitian'') is a creole language based on French and is considered one of the 11 romance languages. It is spoken in [[Haiti]] by about 8 million people, which is nearly the whole population. Via immigration, several hundred thousand speakers live in other countries, including Canada, the United States and France, as well as in many Caribbean nations, especially the [[Dominican Republic]] and the Bahamas.	+	'''Haitian Creole''' (''Kreyòl ayisyen'' also increasingly just ''Haitian''; French: ''Créole haïtien'') is a creole language based on French and is considered one of the 11 romance languages. It is spoken in [[Haiti]] by about 8 million people, which is nearly the whole population. Via immigration, several hundred thousand speakers live in other countries, including Canada, the United States and France, as well as in many Caribbean nations, especially the [[Dominican Republic]] and the Bahamas.

	There are linguistic influences from several West African languages, namely from Wolof, and some Gbe languages, notably Fon and Ewe/Anlo-Ewe. There are two dialects: Fablas and Plateau Haitian Creole.		There are linguistic influences from several West African languages, namely from Wolof, and some Gbe languages, notably Fon and Ewe/Anlo-Ewe. There are two dialects: Fablas and Plateau Haitian Creole.

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−	'''Haitian Creole''' (''Kreyòl ayisyen'') is a creole language based on French and is considered one of the 11 romance languages. It is spoken in [[Haiti]] by about 8 million people, which is nearly the whole population. Via immigration, several hundred thousand speakers live in other countries, including Canada, the United States and France, as well as in many Caribbean nations, especially the [[Dominican Republic]] and the Bahamas.	+	'''Haitian Creole''' (''Kreyòl ayisyen'' also increasingly just ''Haitian'') is a creole language based on French and is considered one of the 11 romance languages. It is spoken in [[Haiti]] by about 8 million people, which is nearly the whole population. Via immigration, several hundred thousand speakers live in other countries, including Canada, the United States and France, as well as in many Caribbean nations, especially the [[Dominican Republic]] and the Bahamas.

	There are linguistic influences from several West African languages, namely from Wolof, and some Gbe languages, notably Fon and Ewe/Anlo-Ewe. There are two dialects: Fablas and Plateau Haitian Creole.		There are linguistic influences from several West African languages, namely from Wolof, and some Gbe languages, notably Fon and Ewe/Anlo-Ewe. There are two dialects: Fablas and Plateau Haitian Creole.