Haitian Creole

English

Proper noun

Haitian Creole

1. A language spoken in Haiti; developed first as a creole based on French and several West African languages.

   Synonym: Haitian

   • 2017 April 5, Emily Dreyfuss, “That Cool Dialect on The Expanse Mashes Up 6 Languages”, in WIRED‎^[1], archived from the original on 25 January 2022:

     Farmer looked to Haitian Creole for inspiration.

Translations

language spoken in Haiti

• Catalan: crioll haitià m
• Cherokee: ᎮᏏᎠᏂ ᏟᏲᎵ (hesiani tliyoli)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 海地克里奧爾語 / 海地克里奥尔语 (Hǎidì Kèlǐ'ào'ěr yǔ)

• Dutch: Haïtiaans Creools (nl) n
• Finnish: haiti (fi)
• French: haïtien (fr) m, créole haïtien (fr) m
• German: Haitianisch (de) n
• Haitian Creole: kreyòl ayisyen
• Hebrew: קריאולית האיטית f (kreólit haítit)
• Irish: Criól Fraincise Háítí m
• Japanese: ハイチ語 (ja) (Haichi-go)
• Navajo: Héítii bizaad
• Polish: kreolski haitański m
• Portuguese: crioulo haitiano m
• Russian: гаитя́нский крео́льский m (gaitjánskij kreólʹskij) (язы́к), гаитя́нский (ru) m (gaitjánskij) (язы́к)
• Spanish: criollo haitiano (es) m
• Swedish: haitisk kreol (sv) c
• Vietnamese: tiếng Hai Ti

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Haitian Creole terms

Further reading

• ISO 639-1 code ht, ISO 639-3 code hat (SIL)
• Ethnologue entry for Haitian Creole, hat ⁠