Organization:Akademi Kreyòl Ayisyen
Akademi Kreyòl Ayisyen | |
| Formation | 4 December 2014[1] |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | 20,Avni Lamartinièr, (Bwa vèna) Port-au-Prince, Haiti |
| Services | Language regulation |
Membership | 33–55 members[2] |
President | Rogéda Dorcé Dorcil |
| Website | Akademi Kreyòl Ayisyen website |
The Akademi Kreyòl Ayisyen (Template:IPA-ht), known in French as the Académie du Créole Haïtien and in English as the Haitian Creole Academy, is the language regulator of Haitian Creole.[3] It is composed of up to 55 scholars under the leadership of Pierre-André Pierre.[4][5]
Background
The Haitian Creole language did not have any regulation until the 1940s, when former Haitian president Élie Lescot made attempts at standardizing the language. It had an official orthography by the late 1970s[citation needed], and it was elevated to co-official language with French in the 1987 Haitian Constitution. The constitution, in Article 213,[6] stated that a Haitian creole language academy should be founded.[7] The language still lacked an academy to regulate its evolution until about 25 years later.[7]
History
In December 2014, the Haitian president and legislation approved of the establishment of the Haitian Creole Academy. 33 scholars came together and formed the organization to form a uniform syntax, to ensure the Haitian government is able to better communicate with its people, lead the way for more publications of books and various other forms of media, and to end the stigma behind speaking the language.[citation needed]
In 2017, Renauld Govain, dean of the Faculty of Applied Linguistics at the State University of Haiti, criticized the Akademi's first resolution, saying it confused orthography, alphabet, and spelling.[8]
Members
The Akademi Kreyòl Ayisyen allows for anywhere from 33 to 55 akademisyen – or members.[2] (As of 2018), they included the following:[2][9]
Former members
- Max Gesner Beauvoir (founding member; died 2015)[12]
- Rachel Beauvoir Dominique (died 2018)[10]
- Marie Marcelle Buteau Racine (died 2020)
References
- ↑ Tontongi, Eddy Toussaint (2015). "Kèk mo sou enstalasyon Akademi Kreyòl Ayisyen an" (in ht). Potomitan. http://www.potomitan.info/ayiti/tontongi/akademi2.php.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Joseph, Herold; Lafalaise, Emmanuel, eds. "Lis Akademisyen yo" (in ht). Port-au-Prince: Akademi Kreyòl Ayisyen. p. 1. https://akademikreyol.net/akademisyen.php.
- ↑ Dizikes, Peter (20 July 2015). "3 Questions: Michel DeGraff on Haiti's new policy for teaching in Kreyòl". MIT News. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. https://news.mit.edu/2015/3-questions-michel-degraff-haiti-teaching-kreyol-0720.
- ↑ "Akademi Kreyòl Ayisyen (AKA): Ant reyalizasyon ak pèspektiv" (in ht). Le National. Port‑au‑Prince. 6 November 2015. http://lenational.ht/akademi-kreyol-ayisyen-aka-ant-reyalizasyon-ak-pespektiv/.
- ↑ "Paj Byenvini AKA". https://akademikreyol.net/.
- ↑ "La constitution de la République d'Haïti 1987". http://www.oas.org/juridico/PDFs/mesicic4_hti_const.pdf.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Istorik". https://akademikreyol.net/Istorik.html.
- ↑ "L'Académie du créole haïtien et la problématique de la langue maternelle créole" (in en). https://lenational.org/post_free.php?elif=1_CONTENUE/societes&rebmun=3671.
- ↑ Mercéus, Bertrand (4 December 2014). "Les 33 académiciens du créole haïtien investis dans leur fonction" (in fr). Le Nouvelliste. http://lenouvelliste.com/lenouvelliste/article/138941/les-33-academiciens-du-creole-haitien-investis-dans-leur-fonction. Retrieved 22 June 2016.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Joseph, Herold; Lafalaise, Emmanuel, eds. "Lis Akademisyen yo" (in ht). Port-au-Prince: Akademi Kreyòl Ayisyen. p. 2. https://akademikreyol.net/akademisyen.php?paj=2.
- ↑ Joseph, Herold; Lafalaise, Emmanuel, eds. "Lis Akademisyen yo" (in ht). Port-au-Prince: Akademi Kreyòl Ayisyen. p. 3. https://akademikreyol.net/akademisyen.php?paj=3.
- ↑ "Haiti – Notice: Tribute and funeral of the National Ati Max Beauvoir". HaitiLibre. Port-au-Prince. 15 September 2015. https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-15154-haiti-notice-tribute-and-funeral-of-the-national-ati-max-beauvoir.html.
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