Republic of Haiti, République d'Haiti. 7,148,000 (1995). Literacy rate 23% to 33%. Information mainly from R. Hall 1966. Traditional religion, Christian, secular.. Blind population 60,000. Deaf institutions: 4. Data accuracy estimate: A2. The number of languages listed for Haiti is 2.
FRENCH [FRN] Second language speakers in Haiti: 400,000; 72,000,000 first language speakers in all countries (1995 WA). Indo-European, Italic, Romance, Italo-Western, Western, Gallo-Romance. National language. Bible 1530-1986. NT 1474-1980. Bible portions 1483-1987.
HAITIAN CREOLE FRENCH [HAT] 7,000,000 in Haiti (1995); 159,000 in Dominican Republic; 200,000 in New York City (1977 I. Hancock); 12,317 in Canada (1975 govt. report); 438 in Puerto Rico; 7,382,000 in all countries. Also in Bahamas, British West Indies, French Guiana. Creole, French based. Dialects: FABLAS, PLATEAU HAITIAN CREOLE. Three main dialects. Lower social status than Standard French. In 1961 it was granted legal and educational status in Haiti. Faublas-Pressoir orthography is standard. Radio programs. Mother tongue of entire population; the only language of 95% of the population (Nida 1972). Linguistic influences from Wolof (Benjamin 1956). National language. Bible 1985. NT 1951, in press (1996). Bible portions 1927-1993.
Part of the Ethnologue, 13th Edition, Barbara F. Grimes, Editor.
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