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Welcome to the Creole page, featuring books and courses to help you learn Haitian, Carribean, and "Cajun" Creole! A creole is a stable language that originated from a mixture of other languages, with vocabulary taken from them, but with clear phonetic and semantic shifts, and a similar but shifting grammar. Creole languages develop from pidgin languages, which are very simple languages with a rudimentary grammar, built out of vocabulary from other languages, and used between individuals without a common language. When pidgins exist for some time, they undergo a process called creolization, generally when a new generation learns a pidgin and uses it as their main language - the grammar becomes enriched, and morphology and phonetics become regularized. Creoles are full-fledged languages, and may show many of the traits by which languages evolve and grow. If you have any questions or can't find what you need, please e-mail us at .

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Ann pale kreyòl - Elementary and Intermediate Haitian Creole
This is a comprehensive set of teaching materials designed to provide learners with a thorough grounding in the sounds, grammar, and vocabulary of Haitian Creole. It includes 25 chapters, each containing dialogue materials, grammar sections, and extensive practice materials progressing from drill to communicative activities. Also included is a guided introduction to the official spelling system, varied listening comprehension sections, keyed exercises, and reading selections covering aspects of Haitian geography and history. The book is illustrated with many line drawings, and a 1200 word Creole-English glossary is appended. It differs from its predecessor (A Basic Course in Haitian Creole) by the use of the official (IPN) spelling, by the inclusion of drawings illustrating objects and actions, and by a more accurate and authentic portrayal of Haitian culture. Ann pale kreyòl is the most comprehensive set of teaching materials available for Haitian Creole. Designed for persons who wish to acquire a working command of the language sufficient to communicate with monolingual speakers, it is eminently suitable for both use in formal courses as well as for self-instruction. 2001 edition, 278 pages, with 10 CDs.

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