legal status of creoles (Vedrine)#2 (fwd)

[David Robertson]

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Date: Fri, 5 May 2000 15:51:32 +0200
From: CreoLIST <CreoLIST at ling.su.se>
From: "E Vedrine" <evedrine at hotmail.com>

"Nou menm Ayisyen, nou gen tout enterè pou nou souti lang kreyòl la. Se nou 
menm ki premye nan kontinan amerik la ki kreye kreyòl kòm lang ofisyèl nou 
epi gen plis moun ki sèvi ak lang kreyòl la nan lekòl ak nan tout lòt 
aktivite. Konsa, plis Ayiti ak Ayisyen ap fè pwogrè nan lang kreyòl, se plis 
n ap bay lòt pèp kreyòl yo jarèt pou kanpe dyanm." (Michel-Ange Hyppolite)

[We Haitians have every reason to support the Kreyol language. We are the 
first on the American continent to make Kreyol our official language and 
there are more people who use the Kreyol language in school and in all 
activities. That way, the more Haiti and Haitians are progressing in Kreyol, 
the more we are pushing creolophone nations to stand firmly.]

"Sèl lang ki simante tout Ayisyen ansanm, se lang kreyòl... Kreyòl ak fransè 
se lang ofisyèl Repiblik Dayiti.." (Konstitisyon Repiblik Dayiti, 1987, 
Ch.I, art.5)

[Only one language unites all Haitians - it is the Kreyol language... Kreyol 
and French are the official languages of Haiti..." (The Haitian 
Constitution, 1987, Ch.I, art.5)


                    [translation: E.W.Vedrine]