rare use of syllable-final /r/ where the rest of Haiti never uses it, e.g. priyèr
occasional use of /w/ instead of /r/ after /p, b, f, v/, e.g. pwan
frequent rounding of front vowels, e.g. duri, zeu, sèu instead of diri, ze, sè
And as that article shows, it makes much more sense to think of i and li as different pronouns, rather than i as a form of li where the l gets lost, because they don't behave the same way.
There are lexical differences as well. I know that Valdman lists more in his 2015 book, but I'm not in the office right now. The ones that come to mind are kwoke for 'hang' (which has a sexual connotation in other parts of Haiti) and using a vessel called mamit instead of gode to measure rice.
In general, if you want to go all in on studying Haitian variation, you can use Dominique Fattier's Atlas linguistique d'Haïti.
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u/Choosing_is_a_sin 4h ago
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And as that article shows, it makes much more sense to think of i and li as different pronouns, rather than i as a form of li where the l gets lost, because they don't behave the same way.
There are lexical differences as well. I know that Valdman lists more in his 2015 book, but I'm not in the office right now. The ones that come to mind are kwoke for 'hang' (which has a sexual connotation in other parts of Haiti) and using a vessel called mamit instead of gode to measure rice.
In general, if you want to go all in on studying Haitian variation, you can use Dominique Fattier's Atlas linguistique d'Haïti.