We applaud Duolingo for making Haitian Creole more accessible to everyone it will serve as a vehicle to Haiti’s rich history and cultural traditions,” said Miami Mayor Francis Suarez.ĭeveloping the Haitian Creole course came with a unique set of challenges due to the historically spoken nature of the language, which began to be more widely used by enslaved people from the sixteenth to seventeenth century and became a national language when the island of Saint Domingue (present-day Haiti) revolted to become the first independent Black republic. “Miami is proud to have one of the largest Haitian populations in the world. In fact, Haitian Creole is the city’s third most spoken language so Duolingo is challenging Miami Mayor Francis Suarez to learn the language and keep a 30-day streak of Duolingo lessons in the new course in exchange for a $30,000 donation to Haitians in Tech, a Miami-based organization that provides aspiring and established Haitian technologists with resources to grow in their careers. One of the largest Haitian communities in America is in Miami. To promote the new course, Duolingo is partnering with several Haitian-run restaurants around the US - including Grandchamps in Brooklyn and Manjay Restaurant in Miami - to give away a free month of Duolingo Plus, the app’s premium subscription service, to customers who patronize a participating restaurant, giving them the opportunity to practice their Haitian Creole with fun phrases like ‘Sa k pase?’ (What’s up?). The course provides language learners the opportunity to learn the revolutionary language of the first Black independent nation spoken by more than 12 million people, while discovering the culture of the Haitian people. 22, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) - Duolingo (NASDAQ: DUOL), the world’s #1 language learning platform, today launched its new Haitian Creole course for English speakers.
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