---
title: "Start Here: The Haitian Creole Alphabet"
description: "A beginner-friendly guide to the 32 Haitian Creole graphemes, built for English-speaking learners."
url: "https://oukaap.com/en/okahub/start-here-the-haitian-creole-alphabet/"
updated: "2026-08-04"
category: Pronunciation / Haitian Creole Alphabet
tags:
  - alphabet
  - beginner
  - digraphs
  - "english-speakers"
  - "haitian-creole"
  - "nasal-vowels"
  - practice
  - pronunciation
---

# Start Here: The Haitian Creole Alphabet

Haitian Creole Alphabet Start Here

 The Haitian Creole Alphabet

A beginner-friendly guide to the 32 Haitian Creole graphemes, built for English-speaking learners.

   32

letters and sound groups

## 1. What learners need to know first

Haitian Creole spelling is designed to be phonetic. Once you learn the graphemes, reading becomes more predictable than in English or French.

**Pronunciation guide:** every alphabet article includes an English sounds-like cue, but recorded Haitian Creole audio should be the final model.

## 2. Alphabet sequence

 **Recommended series:** A, AN, B, CH, D, E, EN, È, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, NG, O, Ò, ON, OU, OUN, P, R, S, T, UI, V, W, Y, Z

## 3. Sound families

  **Oral vowels**a, e, è, i, o, ò, ou **Nasal vowels**an, en, on, oun **Semi-vowels**w, y, ui **Consonants and digraphs**b, ch, d, f, g, h, j, k, l, m, n, ng, p, r, s, t, v, z

## 4. Interactive practice station

[Start Here: The Haitian Creole Alphabet](about:blank)