Haitian creole online resources

A creole language is a language that begins as a combination of two or more languages and eventually becomes the first language of a speech community through its being learned by children.

Haitian creole or Kreyòl Ayisyen is the largest French based creole language, spoken by 8.5 million people. Other than French, West African languages like Wolof, Fon and Ewe also contribute to the formation of Haitian creole.

Part of the Priyè Deyò, or “Outside Prayer” as recorded by Karen McCarthy Brown in her book Mama Lola reminds the Haitians who they are:

Se kreyòl nou ye,

Pa genyen Ginen ankò.

We are Creoles,

Who have Africa no longer.

This not only describes the identity and the culture of Haitians, but in some aspects, the language as well.

There are several useful resources online for those wish to know more about the language:

As always, Wikipedia provides helpful and concise general overview of most of languages: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haitian_Creole_language

For basic Haitian creole phrases:
http://www.travelinghaiti.com/haitian_kreyol.asp

For an overview of Haitian creole grammar:
http://www.geocities.com/ksquint2002/index.htm
http://www.haitisurf.com/creolesentences.shtml http://www.geocities.com/frenchcreoles/kreyol/

For an online dictionary of Haitian creole:
http://www.kreyol.com/dictionary/