#polish Haitian

[neges]

📍Cazales, Haiti via Swiatoslaw Wojtkowiak

Polish Haitians are Haitian people of Polish descent, dating to the early 19th century. Polish Haitians are mixed race and often identified by such European features such as blonde or lighter and straighter hair, light eyes, and facial features. Prominent Polish communities such as Les Cayes and Cazale have descendants of surviving members of Napoleon's Polish Legionnaires which were forced into combat by Napoleon but later joined the Haitian slaves during the Haitian Revolution. Initially most Poles settled in Cazale, La Vallée-de-Jacmel, Fond-des-Blancs, La Baleine, Port-Salut and Saint-Jean-du-Sud, where they lived as peasants, along with their Haitian wives and families.

Full Huff Post Article: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/haitian-of-polish-descent-how-the-polish-came-to-be_b_580f7275e4b0b1bd89fdb7fc/amp

[loonarjester]

character references for @plucked-webcomic

[best-non-english-word-torunament]

Round one: Otucha vs Fwomaj

(poll at the end)

Otucha (Polish)

[ɔˈtu.xa]

Translation: encouragement, uplift

Polish is an Indo-European language belonging to the Slavic branch. It’s spoken by 36,7 million people in Poland where it is the national language. It is written with a Latin alphabet due to church influence, adapted with the addition of nine letters (ą, ć, ę, ł, ń, ó, ś, ź, ż) and removal of three (x, q, v).

Motivation: I just really really like the way it sounds tbh

Fwomaj (Haitian Creole)

[fwomaʒ]

Translation: Cheese

Haitian Creole is a French based Creole spoken by 11 million people in Haiti that emerged in the 17th and 18th century as a result of slave trade. Outside of 17th century French it has linguistic influences from a variety of languages, mostly West African ones including Wolof, Fon and Éwé but also Taino, the now extinct indigenous language spoken in Haiti before colonisation. It’s a national language and taught in most schools, as well as being the main language. Only 15% of Haitians are fluent in French, which is the second national language and has had a higher social status.

Motivation: Fwomaj comes from the French word fromage, and is spelled in a way that makes me laugh. Also cheese is a good food.

[swirley1618]

[historicxllexi]

my favourite random moment from polish history is when the polish soldiers, during the partition of poland by prussia, russia and austria were send to haiti by napoleon (who "granted" poland that, thanks to him, they will get their land back) to suppress the uprising organized by the slaves but poles and haitians developed a kinship and 400 poles stayed in haiti after the defeat of the french. also haitians gave said poles haitian citizenship

[riyaaaaaaaaaah]

so cruel of anyone to expect me to choose between any of these languages i literally need to learn them all

[salvadorbonaparte]

Duolingo Alternatives by Language

Disclaimer: I haven't used or tested all of them. All resources have different strengths, e.g. Drops being designed for vocabulary. They often aren't full alternatives for Duolingo or formal classes. I just wanted to compile resources for all languages on Duolingo to make the switch easier, especially for the less popular languages.

Feel free to also check out my collection of free textbooks

If you want a more detailed resource list for any of these languages (or perhaps one not listed here) you can send me an ask and I can see what I can do.

Arabic

AlifBee

Arabic Unlocked

Beelinguapp

Bluebird

Busuu

Clozemaster

Drops

Infinite Arabic

Ling

LinGo Play

LingQ

Mango

Mondly

Qlango

Write It! Arabic

Catalan

Bluebird

Clozemaster

Drops

Ling

LinGo Play

LingQ

LyricsTraining

Mondly

Qlango

Chinese

Bluebird

Beelinguapp

Bunpo

Busuu

Chineasy

Clozemaster

Drops

Du Chinese

Hello Chinese

HeyChina

Immersive Chinese

Infinite Chinese

Ling

Lingodeer

LinGo Play

Lingopie

LingQ

Mango

Mondly

Pleco Chinese Dictionary

Qlango

Czech

Bluebird

Clozemaster

Ling

LinGo Play

Mango

Mondly

Qlango

Danish

Babbel

Bluebird

Clozemaster

Drops

Ling

LinGo Play

Lingvist

LingQ

Mango

Mondly

Qlango

Dutch

Babbel

Bluebird

Busuu

Clozemaster

Drops

Ling

LinGo Play

Lingvist

LingQ

LyricsTraining

Mango

Mondly

Say Something in Dutch

Qlango

Esperanto

Clozemaster

Drops

Esperanto12.net

Kurso de Esperanto

LingQ

Qlango

Finnish

Bluebird

Clozemaster

Drops

Ling

LinGo Play

LingQ

LyricsTraining

Mango

Mondly

Qlango

French

Babbel

Bluebird

Beelinguapp

Bunpo

Busuu

Clozemaster

Collins French Dictionary

Conjuu

Dr French

Drops

HeyFrance

Infinite French

Lilata

Ling

Linga

Lingodeer

LinGo Play

Lingopie

Lingvist

LingQ

Listen Up

LyricsTraining

Mango

Mondly

Nextlingua

Oxford French Dictionary

Qlango

TV5MONDE

Xeropan

German

Babbel

Bluebird

Beelinguapp

Bunpo

Busuu

Clozemaster

Collins German Dictionary

Conjuu

Drops

DW Learn German

Infinite German

Ling

Linga

Lingodeer

Lingopie

LinGo Play

Lingvist

LingQ

LyricsTraining

Mango

Mondly

Nextlingua

Oxford German Dictionary

Qlango

Xeropan

Greek

Bluebird

Clozemaster

Drops

Greek Alphabet Academy

Ling

LinGo Play

LingQ

Mango

Mondly

Qlango

Write It! Greek

Guaraní

Clozemaster

Guarani Ayvu

Haitian Creole

Bluebird

Mango

Hawaiian

Drops

Mango

ʻŌlelo Online

Hebrew

Bluebird

Clozemaster

Drops

Ling

LinGo Play

LingQ

Mango

Mondly

Shepha

Write It! Hebrew

High Valyrian

Valyrian Dictionary

Hindi

Bhasha

Bluebird

Beelinguapp

Clozemaster

Drops

Hindwi Dictionary

Ling

LinGo Play

LingQ

Mango

Mondly

Qlango

Hungarian

Bluebird

Clozemaster

Drops

Ling

LinGo Play

LingQ

Mango

Mondly

Qlango

Indonesian

Babbel

Bluebird

Clozemaster

Drops

Ling

LinGo Play

LingQ

Mango

Mondly

Irish

Bluebird

Clozemaster

Collins Irish Dictionary

Drops

Easy Irish

Ling

Mango

Teanglann

Italian

Babbel

Beelinguapp

Bluebird

Bunpo

Busuu

Clozemaster

Collins Italian Dictionary

Conjuu

Drops

Infinite Italian

Ling

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Lingodeer

Lingopie

LinGo Play

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LingQ

LyricsTraining

Mango

Mondly

Nextlingua

Oxford Italian Dictionary

Qlango

Japanese

Beelinguapp

Bluebird

Bunpo

Busuu

Clozemaster

Drops

HeyJapan

Hiragana Quest

Infinite Japanese

kawaiiDungeon

Ling

Lingodeer

Lingopie

Lingvist

LingQ

LyricsTraining

Mango

Mondly

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renshuu

Takoboto Japanese Dictionary

Todaii

Qlango

Write It! Japanese

Klingon

boQwl! Klingon Language

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Write It! Klingon

Korean

Beelinguapp

Bluebird

Bunpo

Busuu

Clozemaster

Drops

Hangul Quest

HeyKorea

Infinite Korean

Ling

LinGo Play

Lingopie

Lingodeer

Lingvist

LingQ

Mango

Mondly

Qlango

Write It! Korean

Latin

Bluebird

Cattus

Clozemaster

Collins Latin Dictionary

Grammaticus Maximus

Latinia

Legentibus

LingQ

Mango

Mondly

Perdisco

Qlango

Vice Verba

Navajo

Navajo Language Renaissance

Navajo Language Program

Speak Navajo

Norwegian

Babbel

Bluebird

Clozemaster

Drops

Ling

LinGo Play

Lingvist

LingQ

Mango

Mondly

Mjolnir Norwegian

Norskappen

Qlango

Polish

Babbel

Bluebird

Busuu

Clozemaster

Drops

Ling

LinGo Play

Lingvist

LingQ

LyricsTraining

Mango

Mondly

Qlango

Portuguese

Babbel

Beelinguapp

Bluebird

Bunpo

Busuu

Clozemaster

Collins Portuguese Dictionary

Drops

Infinite Portuguese

Ling

Lingodeer

Lingopie

LinGo Play

Lingvist

LingQ

LyricsTraining

Mango

Mondly

Nextlingua

Qlango

Romanian

Bluebird

Clozemaster

Drops

Ling

LinGo Play

LingQ

Mango

Mondly

Qlango

Russian

Babbel

Bluebird

Beelinguapp

Busuu

Clozemaster

Collins Russian Dictionary

Drops

Infinite Russian

Ling

Linga

LinGo Play

Lingopie

Lingodeer

Lingvist

LingQ

Mango

Mondly

Nextlingua

Qlango

Write It! Russian

Scottish Gaelic

Bluebird

Clozemaster

Go!Gaelic

Mango

Spanish

Babbel

Beelinguapp

Bluebird

Bunpo

Busuu

Clozemaster

Collins Spanish Dictionary

ConjuGato

Conjuu

Drops

Infinite Spanish

Ling

Linga

Lingodeer

LinGo Play

Lingvist

LingQ

Listen Up

LyricsTraining

Mango

Mondly

Nextlingua

Say Something in Spanish

SpanishDict

Qlango

Xeropan

Swahili

Bluebird

Bui Bui Swahili App

Clozemaster

Drops

Ling

LinGo Play

LingQ

Mango

Nkenne

Swedish

Babbel

Beelinguapp

Bluebird

Clozemaster

Drops

Ling

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LingQ

LyricsTraining

Mango

Mondly

Qlango

Turkish

Babbel

Beelinguapp

Bluebird

Busuu

Clozemaster

Drops

Ling

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LyricsTraining

Mango

Mondly

Qlango

Ukrainian

Bluebird

Clozemaster

Drops

Ling

LinGo Play

LingQ

Mango

Mondly

Mova Ukrainian

Qlango

Speak Ukrainian

Vietnamese

Bluebird

Clozemaster

Collins Vietnamese Dictionary

Drops

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Ling

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Mango

Mondly

Welsh

BBc Cymru Fyw

Bluebird

Clozemaster

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Yiddish

Bluebird

Clozemaster

Mango

Proste Yiddish

Roni Gal Learn Yiddish

Vaybertaytsh

Yiddish Book Center

Zulu

Bluebird

Nkenne

Bonus: Polygloss which claims to be available for all languages as long as there is another user also learning the same language

[wizardmilfs]

personal thing

every time i’m reminded of foreign intervention in haiti i end up mad for like an hour and i have to just sit and be mad til i calm down cause i don’t have anyone to talk to about it

[literaryvein-reblogs]

to yearn

A mhian - Irish

A tânji - Romanian

Å lengte - Norwegian

Að þrá - Icelandic

Akogareru - Japanese

Anhelar - Catalan, Galician, Spanish

Anhelare - Latin

Ansiar - Portuguese

Anvi - Haitian Creole

Aspirer - French

At længes efter - Danish

Att längta - Swedish

Bramà - Corsican

Čeznuti - Croatian

Desiderare - Italian

Galmanghada - Korean

Hrepeneti - Slovenian

I dyheu - Welsh

Igatsema - Estonian

Ilgoties - Latvian

Kaipaamaan - Finnish

Khao khát - Vietnam

Ki te hiahia - Māori

Kutamani - Swahili

Li jixxennqu - Maltese

Merindui - Malay

Munañataki - Aymara

Özlemek - Turkish

Sich sehnen - German

Sopiri - Esperanto

Të mallëngjyer - Albanian

Te verlang - Afrikaans

Tęsknić - Polish

Toužit - Czech

Trokšti - Lithuanian

Tsu benken - Yiddish

Túžiť - Slovak

Ukufisa - Zulu

Vágyódni - Hungarian

Verlangen - Dutch

to yearn according to google translate

[gryficowa]

Boycott!

Now that I have your attention:

[sharp-silver4795]

Yup. I said it.

And it’s true!!! EJ is a runt. I’m gonna go into his size and such, then EJ’s story, ok? Ok.

Tiny Boi

In comparison to what he should be at this age, he’s smol.

But he’s also just very slowly developing.

It’s cuz he was malnourished for so long

Height/Weight

He’s roughly 205cm (6.75ft) tall and weighs between 120-145kg (270-315lbs)

However… he’s not supposed to

A demon at his age should be near 225cm (7.33ft) and be ranging between 135-150kg (300-330lbs)

Appendages

He only has 2 rows of teeth (top and bottom), but he should have the 2nd lower row.

He’s also missing another tongue. He should have 4.

Holes

He should have little “slits” between his shoulder and his torso. Almost at his armpits lol

Eyes

Yup. “Eyeless” Jack has eyes.

It’s because they’re almost backwards and filled with fluid. He’s missing one of his sets of eyelids.

He should have one set like ours, and one set 90° from ours (horizontal/vertical)

These are supposed to develop much sooner.

Thing is, they likely will never come in.

EJ is born (1612)

He old, old.

So, there is gonna be bits of history thrown here and there~

Basically, EJ was born to two females, so they instantly were like- KILL HIM! (Demon culture go brrr)

So, as Hydra does for all these cases, he gets transported to a random place in POLAND 🇵🇱

40 years of starving later, a ✨ Polish Hussar✨ Definitely spelled that wrong- finds him

Itty-bitty EJ is “raised” by this dude until…

Siege of Vienna (1863) ~ New Dad

Kikurik hears a damn child crying and confronts the man

After a small back and forth, the demon convinces him that it’s better for EJ to be raised by Kikurik.

There’s a catch though. EJ was starved the first 40 years of his life…

The man hadn’t known how to feed EJ, so he was cutting his hand open and letting EJ drink it.

It was no where NEAR enough for EJ to grow properly… so he was VERY malnourished

He never grew to correct size…

RUNNING TO FUCKING RUSSIA 🇷🇺

The alps are WAAAYYY too cold for lil EJ to live there

So, Kikurik takes him to an area underneath the Ural Mountains of Russia

Off to South America!

Eastern Europe was a hive mine of other demons that would easily chomp a lil EJ.

So, Kikurik took him to Western Europe, back to live with the Hassar.

However, the Hussar was dead.

So, he snuck EJ and himself on a Spanish ship…

Massacre the Spanish!!! 🇪🇸

In South America, specifically around Columbia, Spanish men were whipping natives and slaves!

EJ, being the equivalent of an 8 year old, was wandering while dad got them food

Since EJ isn’t white, he got slashed with a whip!

He runs to Kikurik, in pain and crying and all that, and he scolds Eashar for going out alone…

Then he kills 18 Spanish dudes.

TO AMERICA!!

In fear of the Spanish, Kikurik takes his boy to ‘Merika!! 🇺🇸

They stay in South Carolina for a hot minute, living off of random people they find.

At this point, Eashar’s like 10 in human terms and he kills and eats a kid whole gets found by a house slave.

Kikurik notices the mother about to hurt the kid and kills her

Both EJ and Kikurik could and can agree that slavery is gross.

The slave boy runs and so does Kikurik and Eashar

Michigan and the Civil War

Kikurik dies.

An “artifact” from Poland is found and sent to a man in Michigan, where they had been staying.

Kikurik traps EJ in a small cavern and is stabbed by the Red Rose Knife.

He dies, and his body becomes granite. The area is shielded from the human eye and will never be found.

The Myth and Legend

Kikurik is seen and a myth. He’s the son of Bezelba who lived in the mountains and not the plains.

He lived to see Sparta’s last stand, the rise of the Ottomans, Haitian independence, the Great War for Empire, the Black Plague, the Mongols, US independence, and their civil war.

The other part of his legend… is his runt.

The small thing that wasn’t worthy of his care… who didn’t deserve to live after being coddled by a human man…

The Runt is never named in the stories… he is characterized by the three scars across his chest from the Spanish whips…

[were-wolverine]

okay so like. my batfam hcs change periodically for no real reason so here is the latest update

(partially canon, partially headcanon)

bruce:

- 6’2”

- 48 y/o

- italian, portuguese

babs:

- 5’11”

- 32 y/o

- scottish, french

dick:

- 5’10”

- 29 y/o

- romani, turkish, greek

cass:

- 5’5”

- 23 y/o

- chinese, american

jason:

- 6’4”

- 23 y/o

- filipino, irish, mexican

(thought to possibly be lady shiva’s son)

steph:

- 5’7”

- 21 y/o

- dominican, polish

tim:

- 5’6”

- 21 y/o

- finnish, swedish

(self-described white boy)

duke:

- 5’9”

- 18 y/o

- haitian american, half-immortal ?

damian:

- 5’4”

- 14 y/o

- chinese, arab, italian, portuguese

(talia is chinese and arab in canon)

[grecoromanyaoi]

omg I thought you knew this already but basically the polish soldiers napoleon sent to suppress the haitian revolution ended up siding with the rebelling slaves instead, so they became the only white people welcome there and the government officially classified them as noir (black)

HUH. interesting.

[angelofthemornings]

So recently a group IRL had the ACLU talk to us about what to do in case of a raid. Here are some highlights:

1. You are allowed to film ICE.

2. Do not, under any circumstances, touch an ICE agent. This is a felony.

3. A nationwide deportation defense hotline number is 1-844-363-1423 and there might be similar hotlines in your area. If you live in the Greater New Haven CT area, call 475-323-9413 to report a raid or ICE sighting.

4. Do not let ICE in without a warrant.

5. Do not answer their questions or sign anything without a lawyer present. ICE does not have to provide you with a lawyer, unlike the police. It may be useful to have a list of free or low-cost immigration lawyers ready. To find a list like this, contact one of these organizations recommended by the ACLU.

6. A good thing to Google for more localized assistance (like phone numbers to hotlines like the one mentioned above) is "rapid response immigration [your area]"

7. If you live in Connecticut, please consult the Family Preparedness Plan if you might be subject to immigration enforcement. This is a good template for things you want to have if you live in another state - for instance, a Standby Guardian Designation form will let someone you trust temporarily take care of your children for you if you're in trouble. This packet is available in several languages (Arabic, Haitian Creole, Polish, etc.)

8. Stay strong, we love you

[fyblackwomenart]

I am a wood carver from Ukraine and I received an unusual order, this is how I completed it ____

Ezili Danto is female supernatural entity in Haitian Voodoo, which is considered the patroness of motherhood in general and single mothers in particular. She is also the patroness of lesbians and homosexuality as such.

Ezili Danto, or Ezili Danto’, is the “manifestation of Erzulie, the divinity of love. It is said that Ezili Danto has a dark complexion and is maternal in nature. While she represents hardworking women and mothers, Ezili Danto also has the power to destroy. Her vehement displeasure has earned her the reputation of being the red eyed, "Erzulie, ge-rouge.” Her destructive powers often come in the form of natural disasters and the forces of nature. Ezili Dantor is honoured as the spirit who initiated the Haitian Revolution. She fought in the Revolution alongside men.

Most often it appears as an adapted icon of the Mother of God of Czestochowa. The icon came to Haiti along with Polish mercenaries during the Haitian Revolution.

[thetoyboxtoyhouse]

@awanderingbountyhunter …𝒊𝒔 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒂 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒆𝒓!

{The bell to the gun-shop wrung loudly throughout the dingy little store, despite its size and appearance, this was his livelihood- at least what he’d left of it - and his home. At the sound of the bell, Augustin placed a marker over where he paused his reading to continue at a later time. Augustin lifted his head from his book and was met with… quite the puzzling sight. She looked like no ordinary person he’d seen around these parts - this woman almost seemed to be like that of a bounty hunter from the comic books he read as a child, though significantly less embellished.}

“Are you looking to kill or defend yourself, ma’am?” {He asked, his thick Haitian accent coming front and center as he spoke, preferring to get straight to business. He wasn’t the sort of man to dilly-dally and chat, he wasn’t here to make friends - he’ll, even if he did want to, a part of him doubted anyone would want to be with him.}

{He watched as she eyed the guns displayed on the racks, he had just about anything and everything someone could want - save for the fantasy weaponry, of course.} “I have blades as well, should guns not be to your preferences..” {He suggested, already thinking of the katana he’d found and polished himself a few weeks back.}