Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
  
Haiti
  
National Language
Ethiopia
  
Haiti
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Central America, North America
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Cuba
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Akademi Kreyòl Ayisyen (Academy of Haitian Creole)
  
Interesting Facts
- Amharic ranks as second most spoken Semitic language in the world.
- Amharic has its own writing system named “fidel” and it uses Amharic alphabets to write.
  
- 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
Not Available
  
French Language
  
Derived From
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Alphabets in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Ethiopic
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Selam
  
Bonjou
  
Thank You
amesege'nallo'
  
Mèsi
  
How Are You?
Dehina newot?
  
Kijan ou yé?
  
Good Night
Dehna dur
  
Bon nwit
  
Good Evening
melkam meshe't
  
Bonswa
  
Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu
  
Bon apre-midi
  
Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru
  
Bon apre-midi
  
Please
i'bakwon
  
Souple
  
Sorry
aznallehu
  
Dezole
  
Bye
tschao
  
Babay
  
I Love You
afekirishalehu
  
Mwen renmen w
  
Excuse Me
yiqirta
  
Eskize m
  
Dialect 1
Gondar
  
Northern Haitian Creole
  
Where They Speak
Gondar
  
Cap-Haitien
  
Dialect 2
Gojjami
  
Central Haitian Creole
  
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
  
Port-au-Prince
  
Dialect 3
Showa
  
Southern Haitian Creole
  
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
  
Cayes
  
How Many People Speak?
18.70 million
  
99+
9.60 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
25.00 million
  
32
9.60 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
10.00 million
  
23
Not Available
  
Native Name
Not Available
  
Kreyòl ayisyen
  
Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
  
Creole, Haitian Creole, Western Caribbean Creole
  
French Name
amharique
  
haïtien; créole haïtien
  
German Name
Amharisch
  
Haïtien (Haiti-Kreolisch)
  
Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]
  
[kɣejɔl]
  
Ethnicity
Amharas
  
Haitians
  
Origin
13th century
  
17th Century
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Semitic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Ethiopic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Ge'ez
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Amharic
  
Haitian Creole
  
Signed Forms
Signed Amharic
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
am
  
ht
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
amh
  
hat
  
ISO 639 2/B
amh
  
hat
  
ISO 639 3
amh
  
hat
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
amha1245
  
hait1244
  
Linguasphere
12-ACB-a
  
51-AAC-cb
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Not Available
  
All Amharic and Haitian Creole Dialects
Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Amharic and Haitian Creole dialects. Various dialects of Amharic and Haitian Creole language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Amharic are spoken in different Amharic Speaking Countries whereas Haitian Creole Dialects are spoken in different Haitian Creole speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Amharic vs Haitian Creole Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Amharic dialects include: Gondar, Gojjami. Haitian Creole dialects include: Northern Haitian Creole , Central Haitian Creole. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Amharic and Haitian Creole Speaking population
Amharic and Haitian Creole speaking population is one of the factors based on which Amharic and Haitian Creole languages can be compared. The total count of Amharic and Haitian Creole Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Amharic language is 0.37 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Haitian Creole language is 0.15 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Amharic and Haitian Creole on Amharic vs Haitian Creole where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Amharic and Haitian Creole Language Codes
Amharic and Haitian Creole language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Amharic and Haitian Creole Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.