Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
Haiti
  
National Language
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
Haiti
  
Second Language
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Central America, North America
  
Minority Language
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania
  
Cuba
  
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana
  
Akademi Kreyòl Ayisyen (Academy of Haitian Creole)
  
Interesting Facts
- Albanian Language has adopted words from Latin, Greek, Turkish, Italian and Slavic languages.
- 74% Albanian people are atheist, they never go to church or mosque.
- In the year 1940, the first technical orthography for Haitian Creole was developed.
- In Haiian Creole, the word 'creole' is of Latin origin via a Portuguese term that means, "person raised in one's house".
  
Similar To
Romanian
  
French Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Albanian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
HaitianCreole-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Përshëndetje
  
Bonjou
  
Thank You
Ju faleminderit
  
Mèsi
  
How Are You?
Si jeni?
  
Kijan ou yé?
  
Good Night
natën e mirë
  
Bon nwit
  
Good Evening
mirëmbrëma
  
Bonswa
  
Good Afternoon
mirëdita
  
Bon apre-midi
  
Good Morning
mirëmengjes
  
Bon apre-midi
  
Please
Ju lutem
  
Souple
  
Sorry
Me fal
  
Dezole
  
Bye
mirupafshim
  
Babay
  
I Love You
unë e dua ju
  
Mwen renmen w
  
Excuse Me
Më falni
  
Eskize m
  
Dialect 1
Gheg Albanian
  
Northern Haitian Creole
  
Where They Speak
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
  
Cap-Haitien
  
How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00
  
20
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Tosk Albanian
  
Central Haitian Creole
  
Where They Speak
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
  
Port-au-Prince
  
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00
  
20
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Arbëresh
  
Southern Haitian Creole
  
Where They Speak
Italy
  
Cayes
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
7.50 million
  
99+
9.60 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
3.10 million
  
99+
9.60 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
3.60 million
  
31
Not Available
  
Native Name
shqip / gjuha shqipe
  
Kreyòl ayisyen
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Creole, Haitian Creole, Western Caribbean Creole
  
French Name
albanais
  
haïtien; créole haïtien
  
German Name
Albanisch
  
Haïtien (Haiti-Kreolisch)
  
Pronunciation
[ʃcip]
  
[kɣejɔl]
  
Ethnicity
Albanians
  
Haitians
  
Origin
1462 AD
  
17th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Albanian
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Albanian
  
Haitian Creole
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sq
  
ht
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
sqi
  
hat
  
ISO 639 2/B
alb
  
hat
  
ISO 639 3
sqi
  
hat
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
alba1267
  
hait1244
  
Linguasphere
55-AAA-aaa
  
51-AAC-cb
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
Albanian and Haitian Creole Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Albanian and Haitian Creole greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Albanian and Haitian Creole language. Albanian word for "Hello" is Përshëndetje or Haitian Creole word for "Thank You" is Mèsi. Find more of such common Albanian Greetings and Haitian Creole Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Albanian vs Haitian Creole Difficulty
The Albanian vs Haitian Creole difficulty level basically depends on the number of Albanian Alphabets and Haitian Creole Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Albanian and Haitian Creole are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Albanian and Haitian Creole, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Albanian is 44 weeks while to learn Haitian Creole time required is 24 weeks.