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How to Pronounce Vowels in Haitian Creole

How to Pronounce Vowels in Haitian Creole

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    What You Will Learn


  • You will learn how to pronounce the basic vowels.
  • You will learn how to pronounce more distinctive sounds such as ay, anm, enn, etc.

How to Pronounce the Basic Creole Vowels

    Keypoint

  • Pronouncing Creole vowels is simple because you can find the same sounds in some English words.
  • The illustration below shows how to pronounce basic Creole vowels.
  • Focus on the green letters, because they will help you to pronounce the vowels correctly.

How to Pronounce Creole Vowels that End with 'n'

    Keypoint

  • The sound òn does not exist in English. Please watch the video to hear how to pronounce it.
  • Many Creole vowels end with n. Be sure to notice the difference between an, en, in and on.

How to Pronounce Other Vowel Sounds

    Keypoint

  • Pay close attention to the sounds ay anm. They are very common in Creole.

    A Few Things to Keep in Mind


  • 1. The accented letter à is not shown in the first list of vowels because it is never used by itself. It is always used immediately before the letter n to make the sound àn.
  • 2.The sound àn itself is very rare in Creole. It sounds somewhat almost like the name Ann. It is perhaps one of the rarest sounds in Creole.
  • To get an idea of how elusive it is, you might not see it even after reading an entire book written in Creole.

3 comments:

  1. AnonymousNovember 24, 2015 at 7:23 PM

    Constant w and y sounds the same as English constant as well?

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    1. AdminNovember 25, 2015 at 4:42 PM

      Yes, the Creole consonants w and y sound the same as English.

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  2. AnonymousDecember 2, 2020 at 11:08 PM

    Mwen pa Ayisyen, i am not Haitian

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