The Haitian Creole alphabet has twenty-nine letters. Each letter in a word is pronounced, and the last syllable of a word is usually the one that is stressed.
LETTER | PRONUNCIATION |
a | short a sound as in apple |
an | short a with nasal tone |
b | same as English |
ch | sh sound as in share |
d | same as English |
e | long a sound as in play |
en | short e sound with nasal tone |
è | short e sound as in fed |
f | same as English |
g | same as English |
h | ch as in chop |
i | ee as in feed |
j | s sound as in treasure |
k | same as English |
l | same as English |
m | same as English |
n | same as English |
o | long o sound as in hope |
on | long o with nasal tone |
ou | oo sound as in school |
ò | aw sound as in paw |
p | same as English |
r | same as English |
s | same as English |
t | same as English |
ui | oo-ee sound as in Louie |
v | same as English |
w | same as English |
y | same as y in yellow |
z | same as English |