Haitian Creole: Structure, Variation, Status, Origin

by Albert Valdman

Book Overview

Haitian Creole is the creole language with the largest number of speakers: about eight million in Haiti and two million in diaspora communities, in the United States, the Bahamas, Canada, and overseas French departments Guadeloupe, Martinique and French Guyana.

Haitian Creole presents a comprehensive view of the structure and development of Haitian Creole. It provides a detailed analysis of the phonology and grammar of the language,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1845533887
• ISBN13: 9781845533885
• Release Date: September 2015
• Publisher: Equinox Publishing
• Length: 482 Pages
• Weight: 1.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.2"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher