Haitian Creole

noun

: a French-based creole spoken by Haitians

Examples of Haitian Creole in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Available in English, Spanish and Haitian Creole, these workshops cover relevant topics on raising successful, healthy and happy children and youth. Juliette Fabien, Miami Herald, 7 Mar. 2024 On a recent afternoon in an RHA clinic, a midwife crouched by a patient in the waiting room with a Haitian Creole translator at her side. Whitney Eulich, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 Mar. 2024 In front of him were dozens of angry men and a few women, yelling in Haitian Creole. Seth Freed Wessler, ProPublica, 7 Dec. 2023 They were seen as a weird gumbo of alternative hip-hop that featured rhymes in Haitian Creole and live instrumentation on songs that relied on Hill’s melodies and Jean’s showmanship. Timothy Bella, Washington Post, 17 Oct. 2023 Born and raised in Haiti — where French is the second spoken language after Haitian Creole — Laurie Joseph said traveling to France would have given her the opportunity to become fluent in French. Claretta Bellamy, NBC News, 6 Oct. 2023 Others have pointed out that Kenyan forces will be linguistically disadvantaged leading a mission in a country where French and Haitian Creole are the official languages. Abdi Latif Dahir, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2023 But the country’s police have their own record of corruption and abuses, and analysts worry that English- and Swahili-speaking personnel will struggle without knowledge of Haitian Creole or French. Widlore Mérancourt, Washington Post, 2 Oct. 2023 Speaking Haitian Creole with English subtitles, Dorsainvil also discussed her captors, who haven’t been identified publicly. Travis Andersen, BostonGlobe.com, 24 Aug. 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

circa 1938, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of Haitian Creole was circa 1938

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“Haitian Creole.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Haitian%20Creole. Accessed 23 Apr. 2024.

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