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 Creole Translations
Creole is a language spoken by the entire population of Haiti (estimated at seven million people).
Unfortunately article 5 of the 1987 constitution proclaiming that Creole is the sole language uniting all Haitians and one of the two official languages of the country is not yet seriously implemented in government offices.
But this is not due to the Creole language itself, but to a long tradition of violation of human and constitutional rights of farmers, workers, ordinary people, women, children, poor people etc...
www.creoletrans.com /faq.htm   (1564 words)

  
 Creole Language in Haiti   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Although within the country the language issue is viewed as a divisive force, for Haitians within a foreign place the language can warm the heart because it is an almost unquestionable indication that this is a brother or sister from the country which is near and dear to their hearts.
It appears that she is attributing the "inferior" language as one of the culpable factors in Haitian society.
Rolande’s first language was Creole and she said that when attending school she had to pick up the French language in school as she similarly had to do when attending school in the United States.
www.saxakali.com /caribbean/LanahL.htm   (3862 words)

  
 Haitian Creole (Kreyol)
Haitian Creole (Kreyòl) is spoken in Haiti by all of its 7.5 million people.
Even though Kreyòl is a distinct language spoken by all of Haiti's citizens, it suffers from a negative comparison to French as a result of colonial legacy.
In the large Haitian communities of New York, Miami, and Boston, Kreyòl is the subject of instruction and is also used to teach subject matter in elementary and secondary schools.
www.nvtc.gov /lotw/months/january2005/haitiancreole.html   (1307 words)

  
 Haitian Creole language - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Haitian Creole (kreyòl ayisyen) is a creole language based on the French language.
In part because of the efforts of Felix Morisseau-Leroy, since 1961 Haitian Creole has been recognized as an official language along with French, which had been the sole literary language of the country since its independence in 1804, and this status was upheld under the country's constitution of 1987.
Haitian Creole grammar differs greatly from French and inflects much more simply: for example, verbs are not inflected for tense or person, and there is no grammatical gender — meaning that adjectives and articles are not inflected according to the noun.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Haitian_Creole_language   (2049 words)

  
 Haitian Creole Translation Services - Translators English/CreoleGreen Crescent Translations
Haitian Creole to English Translations - Experienced bi-lingual translators and proofreaders with extensive experience and a confirmed ability to translate effectively from the Haitian Creole language.
It is the first language of nearly the entire population and the sole language of about 95 percent of Haitians.
Haitian Creole is derived from French and developed out the socio-historical situation of 17th and 18th century Haiti where a simplified version of French was employed as a language of wider communication between masters and slaves.
www.greentranslations.com /creole-translation.html   (299 words)

  
 Creole   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
As to making creole the primary language of the country and have French and English become secondary languages, I think that it would be a grave mistake for several reasons: 1) Haiti is a tiny country entirely and increasingly dependent on commerce with the outside world for its material survival.
The Creole Institute at Indiana University is recognized as the only center in the United States that is equipped to deal in depth with linguistic and related educational issues in Haiti.
I do think Haitians should teach their children to be proud of their language, but they should learn to speak another language, because Creole it is not an universal language, that is one of the problem most Haitian people are confronting when they come to Dominican Republic.
www.haitiglobalvillage.com /sd-kreyol/Creole.htm   (6271 words)

  
 :: Haitian Creole Translation ::
Haitian Creole Translation is a full-service translation company, serving the public and private sectors.
Haitian Creole Translation is your partner in the global marketplace.
Haitian Creole Translation is a company that proofreads your translation twice with no additional charge.
www.haitiancreoletranslation.com   (226 words)

  
 Haitian Studies Program
The program is designed to meet the needs of those who plan to conduct research in Haiti or in the Haitian diaspora, or who work in a volunteer or professional capacity either in Haiti or with Haitians abroad.
The non-credit course is geared towards the native or advanced Creole language speaker who wishes to be certified as a translator or as a court interpreter.
Haitian Creole I. and II : $ 510
site.www.umb.edu /forum/1/Haitian_Studies/res/web_pages/creole.html   (678 words)

  
 Haitian-creole Translation Service - English to Haitian-creole Translation   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Language is a living thing it develops and changes constantly.
To ensure our translators keep abreast of the language our Haitian-creole translators live in-county and translate into their mother tongue.
Professional translators whose native language is English and speak fluent Haitian-creole perform our Haitian-creole to English translation.
www.appliedlanguage.com /languages/haitian-creole_translation.shtml   (428 words)

  
 Haitian Creole Language Research and Studies
The purpose of this guide to Haitian Creole Language studies and research is to provide you with a combined print and web-link source for the study and research of the Haitian Creole Language.
The second method of searching by keywords can be very powerful if you remember that the word(s) you use can be located anywhere within a bibliographic record's text, and may or may not pertain to the subject or topic which you are searching.
Haitian Creole-English English-Haitian Creole medical dictionary with glossary of food and drink: medicine in Haiti II.
www.fiu.edu /~library/internet/subjects/languages/haitcreo.html   (363 words)

  
 Haitian Creole Language School: Haitian Creole Course & Classes - Boston Language Institute
We consider it to be the major goal of our program to have you use Haitian Creole in as large a variety of real-life situations as possible.
Since communication in a foreign language requires an understanding of the cultural context, our aim is to teach you the living language through carefully selected textbooks, newspaper and magazine articles and other relevant materials, rather than have you repeat and memorize tourist phrases.
Also, our on-line bookstore specializing in foreign language textbooks, study guides and audiocassettes, is a good source for browsing and choosing study materials.
www.boslang.com /fl/haitian.htm   (422 words)

  
 LINGUIST List 10.1996: Written Creole: Genuine or Hoax?
The reason why the sociolinguistic status of Haitian Creole remains where it is today is because it has remained stigmatized for so long as "broken French", as is the case with many of the other French Creoles.
The fact is that once Haitian Creole has been "computerized" and can be automatically processed, the social level of the language raises about 10 points on the social status scale.
Haitian Creole can no longer be labelled as an on-going daughter of French.
linguistlist.org /issues/10/10-1996.html   (975 words)

  
 Haitian Creole Translation - Translate Haitian Creole Language Translator
LeoSam Translations's Haitian Creole translation teams are professional linguists performing translation from English to Haitian Creole and Haitian Creole to English for a variety of documents in various industries including:
Haiti is a country situated on the western third of the island of Hispaniola in the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba.
He alleges he was kidnapped from Haiti by a group of Haitians and unidentified Americans; the US alleges that he requested rescue.
www.translation-services-usa.com /languages/haitiancreole.shtml   (683 words)

  
 LING C502 7539 Haitian Creole II   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Meets with C102 Goals: Creole C502 is an introduction to the Haitian Creole language and culture.
It is designed to help students improve their communication skills in Creole through an emphasis on speaking, listening, reading, and writing.
By the end of the course, students should be able to interact successfully in Creole, understand the main ideas of what they hear, see, and read in Creole, and express themselves clearly in written Creole.
www.indiana.edu /~deanfac/blspr05/ling/ling_c502_7539.html   (110 words)

  
 Pimsleur Haitain Creole - Compact Language Program
It is a language that developed out the sociohistorical situation of seventeenth and eighteenth century Haiti, where a pidginized variety of French was used as a contact language between masters and slaves and among Africans of diverse ethnic origins in the plantation economy of the time.
There are considerable morphological and syntactic influences from West African languages which were spoken by the overwhelming majority of slaves in Haiti, but the basic lexical structure of the language is French in origin.
Thus, it is generally considered a Romance language, but in many ways one that is quite unlike a typical Romance language.
www.pluralitylanguage.com /languages/pimsleur/haitian_creole   (268 words)

  
 Learn Creole Online - Write or Speak in Creole Language Exchange
A language exchange complements other forms of learning such as classroom, cultural immersion and multimedia, because you get to practice all that you have learned with native speakers in a safe and supportive environment.
Language exchange learning is also inexpensive because we provide free tips and conversation lesson plans that allow you to do a language exchange on your own.
Add your profile to the language exchange community and let others contact you to for language exchange learning.
www.mylanguageexchange.com /learn/Creole.asp   (1068 words)

  
 Gertrude Podium   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Solange Colon, a Haitian Creole Community Language Facilitator at Roosevelt Middle School, was nominated Palm Beach County’s School-Related Employee of the Year for 2004 among the 10,000 dedicated noninstructional employees who support the district’s schools.
Her studies and her foreign language skills give her the ability to tutor students in both their language and in English.
Superintendent Art Johnson visited Roosevelt Middle School on January 14, 2004, to surprise Solange Colon, Haitian Creole Language Facilitator, with the announcement that she is the newly selected Palm Beach County School-Related Employee of the year.
www.palmbeach.k12.fl.us /PublicAffairs/Creole/Solangepodium.htm   (553 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Haitian-Creole: Books: Pimsleur   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
You won't learn much language in a couple of months in a country starting from scratch (unless you stay with friends who have the patience to teach you in a structured way).
Given the lack of available information on learning Haitian Creole, I was very happy when I found the Pimsleur tapes, and even happier when I was able to get them at a discount on Amazon.com.
My wife (who is Haitian) and her friends and family are amazed at the progress I've made in such a short period of time.
www.amazon.com /Haitian-Creole-Pimsleur/dp/0671579290   (1669 words)

  
 Haitian Creole translation by Creole translator - Immigration service
Translation: from Creole to English or from English to Creole in Creole scripts.
Your Creole translation is carefully monitored to ensure that deadlines are always met and that the texts are free from any error.
Multiple competent Creole translators are assigned when translating your large projects with tight deadlines.
www.online-languagetranslators.com /haitian_creole.htm   (427 words)

  
 Language and Culture: Glossary of Terms
a pidgin language that has become the mother tongue of a population.
In Haiti, for example, a French-African pidgin became the creole language that is spoken in that nation today by the majority of the population as their principle or only language.
the phenomenon in which different dialects of a language or different languages are spoken by a person in different social situations.
anthro.palomar.edu /language/glossary.htm   (1217 words)

  
 Fon language resources
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...have their own languages, although French is the official language, which is spoken mostly in the cities.
Fon (native name F?ngbe) is part of the Gbe language cluster and belongs to the Kwa sub-family of the Niger-Congo languages.
www.mongabay.com /indigenous_ethnicities/languages/languages/Fon.html   (1176 words)

  
 Haitian Summer Institute
Haitian Creole language is taught in the morning sessions.
The Haitian Summer Institute is open to degree-seeking students, non-degree-seeking students, undergraduate students, graduate students, faculty, and professionals.
Particular emphasis is given to the role of religion in Haitian life, Haitian culture (music,dance, art, literature), and contemporary political and developmental issues in Haiti.
www.fabula.org /actualites/article7421.php   (1328 words)

  
 Haitian Creole Language
Haitian Creole Orthography: French type of phonological, morphological, syntactical, and lexical characteristics.
Haitian Creole Standardization Efforts: Idea of standardization is developing but has not been implemented yet.
For more linguistic affiliation, language variation, orthography, linguistic sketch, and history of Haitian Creole language UCLA Language Materials Project has a good linguistics and interlingual background information on Haitian Creole.
www.online-languagetranslators.com /haitian_creole_language.htm   (170 words)

  
 Culture - Population - Haiti - Caribbean: culture haitian, haiti population, haitian history, creole language, ...
Formerly a social divider, the Creole language is now being used in attempts to define a national culture.
The language is used in literature, drama, music, dance, and some governmental functions.
Haitian works of art are enjoying increasing worldwide recognition.
www.countriesquest.com /caribbean/haiti/population/culture.htm   (121 words)

  
 Creole Basics
The Creole language is one of the easiest languages to learn!
"Creole With A Smile" is a scholarly written, practically presented and well organized Creole language textbook and cassette.
Whether your mission is business, pleasure, or ministry; you will definitely enhance your effectiveness in Haiti by knowing Creole language communication skills before you travel.
www.galaxymall.com /books/creole/index.html   (250 words)

  
 Learn Creole - Haitian Creole Language Courses and Phrase Books
A thorough up to date dictionary of 4,600 Creole to English and English to Creole word translations is included.
His research led him to the realization that the most important use of memory is in language learning.
The Pimsleur Language Program is an integrated system which immerses you in the language, encouraging you to hear, understand and use the language all at the same time.
www.almudo.com /Haiti-Language.htm   (407 words)

  
 Language, Haitian Cultural Heritage, Social Studies, Glencoe
The use of Haitian Creole began aboard slave ships and the French plantations of Hispaniola.
It took the constitution of 1987 to recognize it as the nation's second official language.
Today many Haitian and Haitian American writers preserve their heritage by recording the Haitian Creole stories, songs, and proverbs handed down through the generations by word of mouth.
www.glencoe.com /sec/socialstudies/btt/haitian_heritage/language.php   (209 words)

  
 Haitian Creole Language Specialist joins MIT2 Advisory Board   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Yves Dejean, a native Haitian Creole-speaking linguist at the State University of Haiti, earned a doctorate in Linguistics in 1977 at Indiana University and went on to teach for 13 years in New York at Long Island University's Brooklyn campus and Columbia University.
His 1977 PhD thesis "Comment écrire Le Créole D'Haïti" ("How to write the Creole of Haiti") was published in 1980 by Collectifs Parole in Canada and has become a primer for the study of Haitian Creole orthography issues.
MIT2 President Marilyn Mason says: "As a former Haitian Government Secretary of State for Literacy and former Director of the Haitian Government's Literacy Center, Dr. Yves Dejean's name is synonymous with Haitian Creole linguistics and literacy.
members.aol.com /mit2usa/Dejean-MIT2.htm   (254 words)

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