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 |
|
| Standard | |
| 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 | |
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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
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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- What is Localizely?
- Getting started
- Localization workflow
- Translation editor
- Flutter Over-the-Air updates
- Flutter In-Context Editing
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- Machine Translation
- AI Translation
- Translation Memory
- Glossary
- Reports and Statistics
- Figma integration
- AWS S3 integration
- GitHub integration
- GitLab integration
- Bitbucket integration
- CLI
- Configuration file
- Supported file formats
- Language & Country Codes
- Referral Program
- FAQ
Resources
- What is Localizely?
- Getting started
- Localization workflow
- Translation editor
- Flutter Over-the-Air updates
- Flutter In-Context Editing
- Project branching
- Professional translation services
- Machine Translation
- AI Translation
- Translation Memory
- Glossary
- Reports and statistics
- Figma integration
- AWS S3 integration
- GitHub integration
- GitLab integration
- Bitbucket integration
- CLI
- Configuration file
- Supported file formats
- Language & Country Codes
- Referral Program
- I18N Questions
- FAQ