2007-11-15 08:49:09 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
How do haitians end up speaking Creole?
2007-11-15 08:54:12 · answer #1 · answered by Bonnie 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Okay, NOOOOOO, people.
Firstly, CREOLE is a type of language, not the name of a language. A creole is something like a Hybrid language, a mixing of two or more. Examples are, in Louisanna, they speak French Creole, in Hawaii they speak Hawaiian Creole, Afrikaans, spoken in South Africa, is a creole of Dutch and Zulu.
These are all cases where a native language was spoken, and then a colonial power comes in and takes over, mixing its language with that of the natives. At first, both communities develop a Pidgin, which is a basic mixture of the two (or more) languages. Then their children start learning this mixed language, and start developing grammatical rules based from the two, and the Creole is born!
Haitian was a mixture of native tongues, african languages, and French. This mixture made the Haitian Creole.
2007-11-15 11:52:21 · answer #2 · answered by Timothy 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
During the initial exploration of the new world, haiti was turned over to the french. thats where the creole comes in.
2007-11-15 08:55:20 · answer #3 · answered by Douglas J 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Haiti used to be a French colony. Creole is a corruption of French.
2007-11-15 08:52:48 · answer #4 · answered by Peter D 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋