Creole language

Haitian Creole is a French-based creole spoken mainly in Haiti by about 12 million people.

Krio, Sierra Leone’s English creole. The Gullahs’ English-based creole language is strikingly similar to Sierra Leone Krio and contains identical expressions as bigyai (greedy), pantap (on top of), ohltu (both), tif (steal), yeys (ear), and swit (delicious). The Gullah creole also contains several thousand words and personal names derived from African languages—and a large proportion of these (about 25%) are from languages spoken in Sierra Leone.

Being Haitian and not knowing how to read or write in Kreyol can be very frustrating. Admitting it and asking for help is sometimes worse, people have a tendency of making me feel guilty or incompetent for not knowing. In an effort to learn Kreyol before attempting to tackle French I found Eric and Beth

How to Say the Colors in Haitian Creole Beginner Lesson play_circle_filled What You Will Learn You will learn how to say the basic colors in Creole. You will learn how to say different color shades such as light blue and dark blue. How to Say the Basic Colors Keypoints 1. The basic colors such as red green and blue are straightforward and easy to learn. 2. If you know the colors in French, this is really is a review, because the vocabulary is the same. How to Say the Basic Colors When…

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