Haitian Creole
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Haitian Creole, or simply Creole, is a French-based creole language with a Romance foundation and significant Atlantic-Congo structural influences. It is spoken by over 13 million people worldwide, pr
A rich Creole planter of Saint-Domingue with his wife
A Haitian planter
Haitian Creole display at a car rental counter in the Northwest Florida Beaches International Airport (2014)
A CDC-sponsored poster about the COVID-19 prevention in Haitian Creole
Haiti
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Haiti, officially the Republic of Haiti, is a country in the Caribbean on the island of Hispaniola in the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica and south of The Bahamas. It occupies the western side
Haitian Creole
…It is spoken by over 13 million people worldwide, primarily Haitian citizens and the Haitian diaspora. It is one of the two official languages of Haiti (the other being French), where it is the native language of the vast majority of the population. It is also the most widely spoken creole language in…
Artist's impression of Christopher Columbus landing on Hispaniola, engraving by Theodor de Bry
Saint-Domingue slave revolt in 1791
General Toussaint Louverture
Battle between Polish troops in French service and the Haitian rebels. The majority of Polish soldiers eventually deserted the French army and fought alongside the Haitians.