The Jeliya catalogue uses Kreyòl ayisyen / Haitian Creole. Glottolog indexes the corresponding language as Haitian (hait1244). Its ISO 639-3 code is hat. [1]
Draft — awaiting native-speaker review
Included as a diaspora language, not as a language originating in Africa. Haitian Creole has a standard orthography and its own grammar.
Opening retained from the existing catalogue; awaiting editorial and speaker review.The Jeliya catalogue uses Kreyòl ayisyen / Haitian Creole. Glottolog indexes the corresponding language as Haitian (hait1244). Its ISO 639-3 code is hat. [1]
Glottolog associates this record with the following country codes: DO, HT. Catalogue locations do not enumerate diaspora or second-language use. [1]
No dated, scope-checked speaker estimate has been approved for this page.
The catalogue classification follows this sequence: Indo-European → Classical Indo-European → Italic → Latino-Faliscan → Latinic → Imperial Latin → Romance → Italo-Western Romance → Western Romance → Shifted Western Romance → Northwestern Shifted Romance → Gallo-Rhaetian → Oil → Central Oil → Macro-French → Circum-Caribbean French. [1]
The Glottolog bibliography includes a linguistic description attributed to Ducœurjoly, S.J. 1802 and a more recent one attributed to Dominique Fattier 1998. These are publication dates, not language origins. [1]
Latin standard is relatively phonemic, with è and ò. French spelling habits and Greek/Cyrillic lookalikes should not replace standard Kreyòl letters.
Existing linguistic-map notes are planning material, not newly verified facts. A named reviewer and reference are still needed.No lexical tone. Oral/nasal vowel contrasts, nasal digraphs and stress phrasing matter. French-looking words may have different pronunciation and meaning.
Existing linguistic-map notes are planning material, not newly verified facts. A named reviewer and reference are still needed.A reviewed alphabet, sound-by-sound IPA guide and reference recordings are still needed.
Awaiting a cited, language-specific contribution and speaker review.
SVO, preverbal tense/aspect markers, postposed determiners and possessive constructions; verbs do not inflect like French verbs.
Existing linguistic-map notes are planning material, not newly verified facts. A named reviewer and reference are still needed.A language-specific Grambank record is linked for comparison of grammatical features and their underlying references. Feature coding is an analytical resource; it is not a beginner explanation, a complete grammar or a substitute for a teacher’s review. [3]
Standard Haitian Kreyòl; diaspora context clearly identified
Existing linguistic-map notes are planning material, not newly verified facts. A named reviewer and reference are still needed.Named child varieties in this record include Fablas, Plateau Haitian Creole. These labels do not select Jeliya’s teaching variety. [1]
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Open the dictionaryAwaiting a cited, language-specific contribution and speaker review.
Editorial adaptation: Jeliya
Language reviewer: awaiting appointment
Last revision: 10/12/2026
Harald Hammarström, Robert Forkel, Martin Haspelmath and Sebastian Bank
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Source checked: 10/12/2026Dominique Fattier 1998
Source checked: 10/12/2026