TriniKwéyòlSources & credits
Spelling convention
Kwéyòl on this site is displayed exactly as recorded in its source. The project's spelling reference is the 2001 Kwéyòl Dictionary (SIL International / St. Lucia Ministry of Education) — the written standard the wider community is adopting. Where Paramin usage differs (for example the spelling ⟨tj⟩), the project follows the validator's published book and the official UWI alphabet poster.
Advisor
Claudette Rose, Advisor — author of Vini Apwann Pou Palé Patois and teacher of the language in Paramin, who has kindly given permission for the book's content to be used here. The alphabet follows the official Alfabèt Kwéyòl-La poster of the Department of Modern Languages and Linguistics, The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine.
Community speakers
Speaker recordings are being gathered with informed consent. Every voice on this site will be credited here exactly as the speaker chooses.
Ownership
Trinidadian French Creole belongs to its speaker community. This site and the app are a free, non-commercial preservation project; contributed words, knowledge and recordings remain the moral property of their contributors and community. Consent and attribution are recorded for every recording.
About the language
Trinidadian French Creole (Patois / Patwa / Kwéyòl) is a critically endangered French-lexifier creole. Its speaker base is small and ageing, and intergenerational transmission is at risk. It is distinct from Haitian Creole and from the related creoles of St. Lucia and Dominica.Read more about the language.