Draft:Dominicain Creole French
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- Comment: The sources cited so far don't verify that this is a language distinct from Haitian Creole, as noted in Haitian Creole#Dominican Republic and the two articles linked from that section. Wikishovel (talk) 03:26, 18 May 2024 (UTC)
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Dominicain Creole | |
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Criollo Dominicano | |
Creóle | |
Native to | Dominican Republic |
Native speakers | (39,000 cited 1980) |
French Creole
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | – |
Glottolog | None |
Dominicain Creole French is a French-based creole language, which was a widely spoken language in the Dominican Republic and still is in the towns of the country's border with Haiti.[2][failed verification] It can be considered a distinct dialect of Antillean Creole. Unlike many other creole languages, Dominicain Creole does have grammatical genders; the language is also influenced by Spanish.
Dominican Creole was developed on the border towns of Dominican Republic when the French took possession of the country, and later when the Haitians occupied the country. During these occupations Spanish was prohibited, Dominicans found a way to communicate with each other in something that sounded like French but wasn't French.
Creóle alphabet
[edit]Créole | IPA
Transcription
|
Standard pronunciation |
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g | g | hard "G", as in good. |
h | h | Pronounced like "H" in ham. |
i | i | Pronounced like "ee" as in see. |
j | ʒ | Pronounced as French J. |
k | k | |
w | w | |
s | s | Replaces the soft "C" and is pronounced like "S" in soft. |
y | j | Pronounced like "Yuh", as in yuck. |
z | z | Replaces "S" when used between vowels. Pronounced like "Z", as in zebra. |
an | ɑ̃ | nasalized sound used in French. Does not exist in English. |
àn | an | Pronounced as a not nasalized sound with an emphasis on the "N" or "ane" in English. |
añn | ɑ̃n | A nasalized French "an" with a long "n" sound. |
añ | ɑ̃m | A nasalized French "an" with a long "m" sound. Pronounced like "ahmm". |
ay | aj | Pronounced like "eye" in English. |
in | in | Never nasalized. |
eñ | ɛ̃ | Always nasalized. |
eñn | ɛ̃n | Pronounced like "en" in garden. |
õñ | ɔ̃ | Sound does not exist in English. It is a nasal on, like the one used in French. |
õñm | ɔ̃m | Nasal sound + M. |
oñn | ɔ̃n | Nasal sound + N. |
ch | ʃ | Pronounced like "Sh" in English. |
a | a | Pronounced like a short "a", like in cat. |
b | b | Pronounced like B in English. |
f | f | Pronounced as F in English. |
d | d | Pronounced as D in English, like in dog. |
m | m | Pronounced as M in English, like man. |
n | n | Pronounced as N in English, like never. |
ò | ɔ | Pronounced as "or" as in more. |
r | w, ɤ, ɹ | Often pronounced with a Spanish trilled “R” |
p | p | Pronounced as in pea |
t | t | Pronounced as in tea |
v | v | Pronounced as in volcano |
C | C | Pronounce as a hard “K” |
Creóle pronouns
[edit]English | Créole | Remarks |
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I | Jú, Mõñ, Ja | The three forms are perfectly synonymous. |
You (singular) | Tú/Vou | |
He/she | Il, Ella | Creole has a neutral pronoun that can be synonymous with "him" or "her". (Ilel) |
He | Il | Example: Il á pén búcú dú tõñ (he hardly has much time). |
She | Ella | Example: Ella n’em pá búcú júer (she does not like playing much). |
We | Nou | |
You (plural) | Tú-s | Example: ‘’Tú-s vá bien’’ (You all are fine) |
They | Ils, Ellas | Example: Ellas Júer (they play(f)). |
Numbers
[edit]0 | Zéro |
1 | Un |
2 | Dú |
3 | Tua |
4 | Catré |
5 | Sanco |
6 | Seis |
7 | Sét |
8 | Uit |
9 | Núf |
Examples
[edit]You are going crazy= (Tú vá fú-lo)
Let's go to the park= (Alõñ vá parcu)
I speak Creole= (Ju parlé Creóle)
I'm from Dominican Republic= (Mõñ vi dú la Republica Dominicain)
References
[edit]- ^ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Circum-Caribbean French". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- ^ Cervantes, CVC Centro Virtual. "CVC. Catálogo de voces hispánicas. República Dominicana. Santo Domingo". cvc.cervantes.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-05-15.