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
  
Amharic 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 Amharic and Haitian Creole greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Amharic and Haitian Creole language. Amharic word for "Hello" is Selam or Haitian Creole word for "Thank You" is Mèsi. Find more of such common Amharic Greetings and Haitian Creole Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Amharic vs Haitian Creole Difficulty
The Amharic vs Haitian Creole difficulty level basically depends on the number of Amharic 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 Amharic and Haitian Creole are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Amharic and Haitian Creole, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Amharic is 44 weeks while to learn Haitian Creole time required is 24 weeks.