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Can French people understand Haitian Creole?

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My field of study was French linguistics, but I know very little about Haitian Creole. I will tell you one experience I had, though, for what it's worth. read more

In my opinion, Haitian creole is one of the most difficult types of creole to understand and learn for a person having a background in basic French. A lot of sentence structures in Haitian Creole are very different from French. A lot of phrases have words which are added up and are thus different from French. read more

Haitian Creole is a mixture of many languages, including French, but not the majority. A French person, assuming he knows no Creole, will probably not understand spoken Creole. Though for reading, certains might be able to stand out from French. read more

Regular Haitian creole doesnt sound like french.To any native person that speaks french or a french creole, it will not sound like french. Haitian creole sounds different. it aint got the same rhythm. alot of hiatian women in the same room speaking together sound like girls getting ready to wrestle a bit. read more

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