Haiti vs Patois - What's the difference?
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A country in the Caribbean. Official name: Republic of Haiti. Capital: Port-au-Prince.
A regional dialect of a language (especially French); usually considered substandard.
Any of various French or Occitan dialects spoken in France.
Creole French in the Caribbean (especially in Dominica, , Trinidad and Tobago and Haiti).
A Jamaican Creole language primarily based on English and African languages but also has influences from Spanish, Portuguese and Hindi.
Jargon or cant.