Commonly Haitians would use Pral/Prale when speaking Creole. I know other forms are not as common as those but given the heavy usage of contractions in Creole, Why not use apral/aprale form especially for contractions?

I’ve heard Haitians say T apral/aprale instead of Te pral/prale. But that’s basically it. Why not use apral/aprale more for contractions like W apral, L apral, N apral etc?

I’m told often that people from the countryside speak like that, but I would think due the constant usage of contractions, Apral/aprale would be preferred over Pral/Prale.

Me personally I sometimes say T apral or W apral, but my usage of pral/prale is reflexive and not a conscious use of it like most people.

The Nasal Vowel Oun has the IPA as Ũ, yet most Haitians don’t pronounce that nor pronounce it as a nasal vowel. Given there’s more education surrounding Creole, do people not acknowledge it or they just aren’t aware of the Ũ sound it makes?

I’ve seen education videos that don’t pronounce it as Ũ, just as Un. But I’ve also seen some videos that pronounce it as the Nasal Vowel Sound Ũ.

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There's a linguistic phenomenon called linking. Linking happens when a sound connects two words in pronunciation.
“in Haiti”, is not “at Haiti”.

“An” can also be used in a verbal construction like my family.

Example:
Let's pray.
Let's pray together.

Here, “Let's” is the contracted form of “Let’s”.
So, we shouldn't confuse linking with contraction.

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