Haitian Creole

Haitian Creole
kreyòl ayisyen
Pronunciation	[kɣejɔl]
Native to	Haiti
Ethnicity	Haitians
Native speakers	Over 10 million[1]
Language family	French Creole Haitian Creole
Writing system	Latin (Haitian Creole alphabet)
Official status
Official language in	Haiti
Regulated by	Akademi Kreyòl Ayisyen (Haitian Creole Academy)[2]
Language codes
ISO 639-1	ht
ISO 639-2	hat
ISO 639-3	hat
Glottolog	hait1244  Haitian
Linguasphere	51-AAC-cb
IETF	ht
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Haitian Creole is a type of Creole language spoken by about 13 million people, mostly Haitians and the Haitian diaspora. Most of its vocabulary is derived from French. This language is called Kreyòl Ayisien by those who speak it.^[3]

1. ↑ https://languages.ufl.edu/academics/llc-languages/haitian-creole-studies/
2. ↑ "Cérémonie de lancement d'un partenariat entre le Ministère de l'Education Nationale et de la Formation Professionnelle et l'Académie Créole" (in French and Haitian Creole). Port‑au‑Prince, Haiti: Government of the Republic of Haiti. 8 July 2015. Archived from the original on 28 July 2015. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
3. ↑ "Haitian Creole language, alphabet and pronunciation". www.omniglot.com. Retrieved 2018-08-25.