Very few foreigners in the Dutch Caribean speak Dutch, even the natives struggle with it.
They speak Papiamento or English.
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Barbecue knows English?!
They speak Papiamento or English.
Thousands? Thank God no.
Read this and if you don’t understand it ask your Haitian friend to translatie it.
Migratie uit Haïti en Haïtiaanse inwoners in Nederland
Bekijk de informatie over Nederlanders met een migratieachtergrond uit Haïti (Republiek Haïti) en over inwoners in Nederland waarvan de nationaliteit Haïtiaans is.
allecijfers.nl
I read it somewhere, recently but alas did not save it. Not that it matters. Someone would find another old source to try and contradict with it, or even better just yell in all caps "Fake news".
The willingness to simply assert that it's not been "your" experience and therefore can't be true is all too common here. Same with dismissing the experiences of others when it runs contrary to what some claim.
The fact there are Dutch speaking Haitian and I have personally met them in 3 different countries. Bonaire having the most.
Like it or not, believe it or not it does not change my boots on the ground experience, and I'll not argue anymore about it here and especially not with the rigid and narrow minded
The willingness to simply assert that it's not been "your" experience and therefore can't be true is all too common here. Same with dismissing the experiences of others when it runs contrary to what some claim.
The fact there are Dutch speaking Haitian and I have personally met them in 3 different countries. Bonaire having the most.
Like it or not, believe it or not it does not change my boots on the ground experience, and I'll not argue anymore about it here and especially not with the rigid and narrow minded
They make up 2/3rds of Bahamas population of 400k.
And more than 2/3rds of Turks and Caicos population.
The reason Haiti doesn’t share visa free entry throughout the CARICOM is due to Brazil and Suriname getting upset having Haitians travel thru Guyana (Carifom HQ) to their countries.
First, leave Yale out of that.
Then, even the Haitians say:
“All Haitians speak Haitian Creole. But only 5% speak French fluently, with only another 5-10% able to understand some French.”
https://blog.creolesolutions.com/what-language-do-haitians-speak#:~:text=We%20aren't%20trying%20to,able%20to%20understand%20some%20French.Then this comes from someone else who may or may not be Haitian:
”It is estimated that roughly 5 to 10 percent of Haitians are functionally bilingual in French and Haitian Creole. However, 100 percent of Haitians speak Haitian Creole, and, more critically, 90% of Haitians speak only Haitian Creole.”
Haiti’s Foreign Language Stranglehold
Around 90 percent of Haitians speak only Haitian Creole. So why is school mostly conducted in French?
foreignpolicy.com
“…most teachers have low French proficiency, the Haitian state demands children acquire educational content by means of a language nobody—not even the elite—is willing or able to speak.”
Haiti’s Foreign Language Stranglehold
Around 90 percent of Haitians speak only Haitian Creole. So why is school mostly conducted in French?
foreignpolicy.com
"Even today [...] Haitian children are still subjected to a school system that largely operates in a language few Haitians speak with competence—let alone can read or write.”
Ben Hebblethwaite pens column on language inequality in Haiti
Dr. Hebblethwaite addresses the disparity between French and Haitian Creole in official policy
www.latam.ufl.edu
This is why whenever you hear someone say most of the Haitians that they know speak multiple languages, what they are saying is that most of the Haitians they know aren’t like most Haitians since the vast majority speak one language.
First, leave Yale out of that.
Then, even the Haitians say:
“All Haitians speak Haitian Creole. But only 5% speak French fluently, with only another 5-10% able to understand some French.”https://blog.creolesolutions.com/what-language-do-haitians-speak#:~:text=We%20aren't%20trying%20to,able%20to%20understand%20some%20French.
Then this comes from someone else who may or may not be Haitian:
”It is estimated that roughly 5 to 10 percent of Haitians are functionally bilingual in French and Haitian Creole. However, 100 percent of Haitians speak Haitian Creole, and, more critically, 90% of Haitians speak only Haitian Creole.”Haiti’s Foreign Language Stranglehold
Around 90 percent of Haitians speak only Haitian Creole. So why is school mostly conducted in French?
“…most teachers have low French proficiency, the Haitian state demands children acquire educational content by means of a language nobody—not even the elite—is willing or able to speak.”Haiti’s Foreign Language Stranglehold
Around 90 percent of Haitians speak only Haitian Creole. So why is school mostly conducted in French?
"Even today [...] Haitian children are still subjected to a school system that largely operates in a language few Haitians speak with competence—let alone can read or write.”Ben Hebblethwaite pens column on language inequality in Haiti
Dr. Hebblethwaite addresses the disparity between French and Haitian Creole in official policy
This is why whenever you hear someone say most of the Haitians that they know speak multiple languages, what they are saying is that most of the Haitians they know aren’t like most Haitians since the vast majority speak one language.
Yup. It’s greatly exaggerated and most don’t understand they are dealing with their diaspora which is the most educated populace.
This is the inverse of most nations regarding their diaspora.
This may well be true. The ones that we meet here are the ones who want to get ahead, work, earn some money and improve their lives. They have the motivation to speak Spanish and other languages.
Tell that to my Dutch friends
You assume to much. I'm sure you know what happens when you ASSUme 🤣
Thanks Nals. It does not change the fact that they ARE out there and many people have met themFirst, leave Yale out of that.
Then, even the Haitians say:
“All Haitians speak Haitian Creole. But only 5% speak French fluently, with only another 5-10% able to understand some French.”https://blog.creolesolutions.com/what-language-do-haitians-speak#:~:text=We%20aren't%20trying%20to,able%20to%20understand%20some%20French.
Then this comes from someone else who may or may not be Haitian:
”It is estimated that roughly 5 to 10 percent of Haitians are functionally bilingual in French and Haitian Creole. However, 100 percent of Haitians speak Haitian Creole, and, more critically, 90% of Haitians speak only Haitian Creole.”Haiti’s Foreign Language Stranglehold
Around 90 percent of Haitians speak only Haitian Creole. So why is school mostly conducted in French?
“…most teachers have low French proficiency, the Haitian state demands children acquire educational content by means of a language nobody—not even the elite—is willing or able to speak.”Haiti’s Foreign Language Stranglehold
Around 90 percent of Haitians speak only Haitian Creole. So why is school mostly conducted in French?
"Even today [...] Haitian children are still subjected to a school system that largely operates in a language few Haitians speak with competence—let alone can read or write.”Ben Hebblethwaite pens column on language inequality in Haiti
Dr. Hebblethwaite addresses the disparity between French and Haitian Creole in official policy
This is why whenever you hear someone say most of the Haitians that they know speak multiple languages, what they are saying is that most of the Haitians they know aren’t like most Haitians since the vast majority speak one language.