Haitian Creole is based on a language in the Indo-European family and it is cultured.
French ( le français [ lə fʁɑ̃sɛ ] or la langue française [ la lɑ̃ɡ fʁɑ̃sɛz ] ) is a Romance language of the Indo-European family . Today , owing to France 's past overseas expansion , there are numerous French-based creole languages , most notably Haitian Creole . Haitian Creole ( [ ˈheɪʃən_ˈkriːoʊl ] [ kreyòl ayisyen , links = no ] , [ kɣejɔl ] ; créole haïtien ) is a French-based creole language spoken by 9.6 -- 12million people worldwide , and the only language of most Haitians . It is a creole language based largely on 18th century French with influences from Portuguese , Spanish , English , Taíno , and West African languages .