Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A language spoken by the majority of Haitians, based on French and various African languages.
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- proper noun A language spoken in
Haiti ; developed first as acreole based on French and several West African languages.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a creole language spoken by most Haitians; based on French and various African languages
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Examples
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We heard a woman chanting melodically in Haitian Creole, turning to find her seated in the audience.
ValorieThomas: Call and Response (Il)literacy Valorie 2010
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We heard a woman chanting melodically in Haitian Creole, turning to find her seated in the audience.
Valorie Thomas: Call and Response (Il)literacy Valorie Thomas 2010
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We heard a woman chanting melodically in Haitian Creole, turning to find her seated in the audience.
Valorie Thomas: Call and Response (Il)literacy Valorie Thomas 2010
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We've now added Haitian Creole kreyòl ayisyen translation to Google Translate, so that you can translate between Creole and 51 other languages, and also hear spoken versions of Creole translations.
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We heard a woman chanting melodically in Haitian Creole, turning to find her seated in the audience.
Valorie D. Thomas: Call and Response (Il)literacy Valorie D. Thomas 2010
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The musician has a strikingly different profile than the generals, technocrats and priests who have led it before, speaking little French and Haitian Creole with a diaspora accent.
Wyclef Jean To Run For President Of Haiti, Says Ex-Deputy 2010
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Student Nathalie Cerin performed a hauntingly moving Haitian Creole ballad heavy with the sorrow of loss and hope for the future.
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Veronique participated in a free training we provided in February, in which we taught her how to use a simple interface built by our partner CrowdFlower to translate text messages from Haitian Creole into English as part of an emergency SMS system set up after the earthquake in Port-au-Prince.
Leila Chirayath Janah: The Virtual Assembly Line Leila Chirayath Janah 2010
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Duvalier's paramilitary police, officially the Volunteers for National Securityreally known as theThe name Tonton Macoute (translates as "Uncle Gunnysack") originated from Haitian Creole mythology.
The Last of God's Ambulance Chasers: Pat Robertson Delights in Haiti's Hell! 2010
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We heard a woman chanting melodically in Haitian Creole, turning to find her seated in the audience.
Valorie D. Thomas: Call and Response (Il)literacy Valorie D. Thomas 2010
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