Why translate your website into Haitian Creole?

Why translate your website into Haitian Creole?

General Data

Countries:

  • Haitian Creole is the most widely spoken Creole language in the world.

  • Haitian Creole is spoken by 8.5 million people in Haiti and 3.5 million speakers who live in other countries.

  • Over 90% of the vocabulary of Haitian Creole comes from the French language, but Creole's spelling and grammar is very different from French.  

Areas with large populations of Haitians within the United States include New York City, Boston, and South Florida (including Miami, Fort Lauderdale, and Palm Beach).  To reach the large Haitian populations in these communities, local governments and agencies provide information about services in Creole.  For example: in Boston, the subway system, area hospitals, and medical offices all post announcements in Creole.  In South Florida, Miami-Dade County provides forms and notices in Creole along with English.  The Palm Beach County Tax Collector provides all the content of its website in Creole as well as English.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Haitian Creole is spoken in Haiti, United States, Canada, Venezuela, France, and many Caribbean nations including the Dominican Republic, Cuba, and the Bahamas.