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Albanian vs Haitian Creole


Haitian Creole vs Albanian


Countries

Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe   
Haiti   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

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.
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  • 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

Alphabets in
Albanian-Alphabets.jpg#200   
HaitianCreole-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
36   
18
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
7   
4

How Many Consonants
29   
19
20   
10

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

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   

Dialects

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
100,000.00   
28
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.50 million   
99+
9.60 million   
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.15 %   
99+

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   

History

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   
99   
99+

Signed Forms
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

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   

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Albanian and Haitian Creole Language History

Comparison of Albanian vs Haitian Creole language history gives us differences between origin of Albanian and Haitian Creole language. History of Albanian language states that this language originated in 1462 AD whereas history of Haitian Creole language states that this language originated in 17th Century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Albanian and Haitian Creole Language History.

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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.

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