Haitian Vodoun Culture Language is an unclassified language used in Haiti

Haiti

Haiti , officially the Republic of Haiti , is a Caribbean country. It occupies the western, smaller portion of the island of Hispaniola, in the Greater Antillean archipelago, which it shares with the Dominican Republic. Ayiti was the indigenous Taíno or Amerindian name for the island...

. It is also known as Langay and Langaj (meaning literally "language"). This language is used for religion, song, and dance purposes (it is used as a second language

Second language

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 only). In addition to borrowings

Loanword

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 from Haitian Creole French, French

French language

French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...

, Wolof

Wolof language

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 and other languages, it may also have loanwords from Amerindian languages.