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Language code: ht

Technical information about ISO 639 language code ht

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The table below provides technical details for the Haitian Creole language, designated by the ht code from the ISO 639-1 standard.

Code

ht

Name

Official

Haitian Creole

Native

Kreyòl ayisyen

Family
French Creole
Text direction

Left-to-Right

Language varieties
Northern Haitian CreoleCentral Haitian CreoleSouthern Haitian Creole
Related languages
Antillean CreoleLouisiana CreoleMauritian CreoleFrench
Key facts
It is the most-spoken French-based creole language worldwideModern standardized orthography was adopted in 1979 and is largely phonemicAround 90 % of its lexicon derives from French while syntax reflects West African languagesTense and aspect are marked by preverbal particles such as "te", "ap" and "va" instead of verb inflectionRich oral storytelling traditions like "kont" remain a key cultural practice
Sample phrase

Bonjou, kijan ou ye?

Character encodings

UTF-8, UTF-16, UTF-32

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Haitian Creole belongs to the French Creole language family. It is one of the official languages of Haiti. Also, it is spoken by Haitian communities in the Bahamas, Cuba, and the Dominican Republic. Haitian Creole is written using the Latin script (Haitian Creole alphabet). It is estimated that there are more than 13 million speakers worldwide.

Language presence globally

Speakers

Haiti

11M

*The graph shows a rough estimate of Haitian Creole speakers in countries where it is an official or minority language.

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