The language learning app Duolingo recently added a course in Haitian Creole for English speakers. The course was developed by a professor-student team at Florida International University in Miami. For many immigrants, language is often lost through assimilation. Wilkine Brutus of WLRN says that learning Haitian Creole can help people in the diaspora reconnect with the mother tongue of their families and ancestors.
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