Haitian Creole

Creole has only been recognized as the official language of Haiti in the last few years. Therefore, there are many different ways in which the Haitians

It was only the the past few weeks that I was read a boon and the Creole language came up. It was a work of fiction but an element of factual stuff was intermingled. The one thing that surprised me was that until about 20 years ago French was the Official language of Haiti and at the time just under 10% of the population spoke French whereas they all spoke Creole. This of course meant that many could not take part in any official activities, if they did not speak French, unless of course they had a translator. Now that really shocked me, because I would have thought that the official language would have been what the majority of the population spoke. The other thing was in the book it was claimed that many words in the language came from the sailors who visited Haiti. Now you have me thinking about it, and I will have to remember the name of the book and see if I can find it again in the local Library, as that is where I got it from. :) As regards whether it is easier or harder language to learn, I suspect that for someone who is multi-lingual it would be easier, rather than say someone whose only language was English.

I am starting to study Kreyol. I would like to learn it because I have friends in Haiti. Do you speak it? It doesn't seem as hard as some other languages. It doesn't have a lot of verb tenses, like English!

I am engaged to a man from Haiti and so i am trying to learn Creole. His mother does not speak very much english so i thought learning creole would better our relationship. I also plan to have our children learn Creole. Creole is so beautiful when spoken. I do find it to be rather easy. i think its harder to pick up on sometimes if 2 haitian people are speaking but just studying it a little online i have learned a lot. At the same time i am learning a little french too so thats not bad. my boyfriend can speak Creole, French and english. and i am learning Creole, i speak english and sign language.