Haitian Creole · Kreyòl ayisyen

Read your first book in Haitian Creole.

Short stories in Haitian Creole that stay inside the words you know, with the meaning of any word a tap away and audio to read along to.

A1–C1
Five reading levels
5 min
Chapters
250
Words to start
Why Haitian Creole, why reading

The shortest path to reading Haitian Creole.

Vocabulary drills only take you so far. To learn to read Haitian Creole you have to read Haitian Creole, and that's where most learners stall. Native books are a wall. Children's books are written for children. Graded readers are dull.

ReadBilingual gives you short Haitian Creolestories pitched at your level, set from the words you've learned or from a one-minute placement quiz. Tap any word to see what it means in that sentence. Press play to hear the story read aloud.

A reading level for every Haitian Creole learner

A1

Just starting

About 250 core words. One or two characters, a single place, simple actions.

A2

Comfortable

About 800 core words. Multi-chapter stories with a small cast.

B1

Conversational

About 2,000 core words. Dialogue and subplots. Full short stories.

B2

Independent

About 4,000 core words. Idiom and regional voice. Novellas of 8 to 12 chapters.

C1

Advanced

Fiction at native level, curated.

The classics

At C1 the rest of Haitian Creole literature opens up. We'll point you at where to start.

Start reading Haitian Creole today.

Coming soon to iOS and Android. Your first story will be five minutes away.

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