Words R Us - Haitian Creole (hat)

Haitian Creole (hat), commonly referred to as simply Creole, or Kreyòl in the Creole language, is a French-based creole language spoken by 10–12 million people worldwide, and is one of the two official languages of Haiti, where it is the native language of a majority of the population.

Kreyòl emerged from contact between French settlers and enslaved Africans during the Atlantic slave trade in the French colony of Saint-Domingue (now Haiti) in the 17th and 18th centuries. Although its vocabulary largely derives from 18th-century French, its grammar is that of a West African Volta-Congo language branch, particularly the Fongbe language and Igbo language. It also has influences from Spanish, English, Portuguese, Taino, and other West African languages.

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Kreyòl ayisyen (hat), yo rele souvan tou senpleman kreyòl, oswa kreyòl nan lang kreyòl la, se yon lang kreyòl ki baze sou franse ki pale pa 10–12 milyon moun atravè lemond, e li se youn nan de lang ofisyèl Ayiti, kote li ye. lang natif natal majorite popilasyon an.

Kreyòl te soti nan kontak ant kolon fransè yo ak esklav Afriken yo pandan komès esklav Atlantik la nan koloni franse Sendomeng (kounye a Ayiti) nan 17yèm ak 18yèm syèk yo. Malgre ke vokabilè li yo lajman sòti nan franse 18yèm syèk la, gramè li se sa ki nan yon branch lang Afrik Lwès Volta-Kongo, patikilyèman lang Fongbe ak lang Igbo. Li gen tou enfliyans nan Panyòl, Angle, Pòtigè, Taino, ak lòt lang Afrik Lwès.