Langenesis

Indo-European family

Haitian Creole

c. 1700 CE – today Living

Haitian Creole (c. 1700 CE – today) is a living Indo-European language. Lineage: Proto-Indo-European → Proto-Italic → … → Middle French → French → Haitian Creole.

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Speakers
13M (13,000,000)
ISO 639-3
hat
Glottocode
hait1244

French-based creole formed in colonial Saint-Domingue with substantial West African (notably Fon and Kikongo) input, which is not modelled here as a second parent.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4,500 BCE – 2,500 BCE
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1,500 BCE – 700 BCE
  3. Proto-Latino-Faliscanc. 1,000 BCE – 700 BCE
  4. Old Latinc. 700 BCE – 100 BCE
  5. Latin100 BCE – 300 CE
  6. Vulgar Latin300 CE – 800 CE
  7. Old French800 CE – 1350 CE
  8. Middle Frenchc. 1350 CE – 1600 CE
  9. French1600 CE – today
  10. Haitian Creolec. 1700 CE – today

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