Haitian Creole-English/English-Haitian Creole Practical Dictionary

Used today by approximately 12 million people in Haiti and by the population of the Haitian diaspora across the Caribbean France and the United States Haitian Creole is an essential language to understanding Haiti's social political and cultural history. The language is fast becoming the favored medium for Haitian literature and media and travelers to Haiti are likely to find books newspapers radio shows and television programs produced in Haitian Creole. This dictionary provides the traveler businessperson or aid worker with all of the fundamental words and phrases neededto communicate practically and effectively in Haiti. Includes over 15000 entries including part of speech alternate words and phonetic pronunciation plus an introduction to the Haitian Creole language pronunciation and grammatical basics and a glossary of practical Haitian legal terms.