| (documentation HaitianCreoleFrenchLanguage EnglishLanguage "The HaitianCreoleFrenchLanguage is a FrenchBasedCreoleLanguage of Haiti. SIL code: HAT. ISO 639-2: cpf. Population: 7,410,000 in Haiti (1998). Population: total all countries 7,800,000. Region: Throughout the country. Also spoken in Bahamas, Canada, Cayman Islands, Dominican Republic, French Guiana, Puerto Rico, USA. Dialects: FABLAS, PLATEAU HAITIAN CREOLE. Comments: Linguistic influences from Wolof (Benjamin 1956), Fon,and Ewe (C. Lefebvre) of West Africa. Bilingualism in French. Mother tongue of the entire population, the only language of 95% of the population (Nida 1972). Strong, with strong basilect. In 1961 it was granted legal and educational status in Haiti. A growing literature, including poetry. Lower social status than Standard French. National language. Dictionary. Grammar. SVO, prepositions, articles after noun heads. Faublas-Pressoir orthography is standard since 1979. Newspapers, radio programs, TV. Bible 1985. Also spoken in: The Dominican Republic. (Language name: HAITIAN CREOLE FRENCH.) Population: 159,000 or 2% of the population in Dominican Republic (1987). Comments: Bible 1985.(extract from http:/ / www.ethnologue.com/ )") |
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