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Haitian Creole (''Kréyol'') is a language based on [[French]] and spoken in the [[Caribbean]] nation of [[Haiti]]. Most of the lexicon is derived from French; however, many of the words can be traced to West [[Africa]]. The language developed in Haiti in the 17th and 18th Centuries.
'''Haitian Creole''' (''Kréyol'') is a language based on [[French]] and spoken in the [[Caribbean]] nation of [[Haiti]]. Most of the lexicon is derived from French; however, many of the words can be traced to West [[Africa]]. The language developed in Haiti in the 17th and 18th Centuries.
==History==
==History==
Haitian Creole often corresponds to French. The Creole phrase ''Komoun ou ye''? (how are you?) is congruent to the (non-existent, grammatically incorrect) French phrase ''Comment tu est''? Likewise, the Creole phrase ''Sakpasé''? (what is happening?) is congruent to ''Ça que passe''? in French.
Haitian Creole often corresponds to French. The Creole phrase ''Komoun ou ye''? (how are you?) is congruent to the (non-existent, grammatically incorrect) French phrase ''Comment tu est''? Likewise, the Creole phrase ''Sakpasé''? (what is happening?) is congruent to ''Ça que passe''? in French.
===Verb Conjugation===
===Verb Conjugation===
Haitian Creole has no verb conjugation. For example, a Creole verb chart for ''traval'' (to work) is as follows<ref name="verb">[http://www.travelinghaiti.com/haitian_kreyol.asp Creole words and phrases]</ref>:
Haitian Creole has no verb conjugation. For example, a Creole verb chart for ''traval'' (to work) is as follows:<ref name="verb">[http://www.travelinghaiti.com/haitian_kreyol.asp Creole words and phrases]</ref>
{| class="wikitable" align="left"
{| class="wikitable" align="left"
|-
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|They work
|They work
|}
|}
Haitian Creole uses markers for tense such as ''te'', ''ap'' and ''pral'', as shown:
Haitian Creole uses markers for tense such as ''te'', ''ap'' and ''pral'', as shown:
{| class="wikitable" align="left"
{| class="wikitable" align="left"
|I am going to work
|I am going to work
|}
|}
''Mwen'' for I correlates to the French ''moi''. ''Traval'' correlates to the French ''travailler''. In Caribbean and French fashion, Creole words are easily abbreviated or pushed together; in the above example ''m'ap'' is a contraction of ''mwen ap''.
''Mwen'' for I correlates to the French ''moi''. ''Traval'' correlates to the French ''travailler''. In Caribbean and French fashion, Creole words are easily abbreviated or pushed together; in the above example ''m'ap'' is a contraction of ''mwen ap''.