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By Kendall Medford, Postdoctoral Scholar at the Africana Research Center, Penn State, The Conversation · September 25, 2026

Haitians have moved to the neighboring Dominican Republic in large numbers over the last century, which has made Creole the second-most widely spoken language there.

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