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Amharic vs Haitian Creole


Haitian Creole vs Amharic


Countries

Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.   
Haiti   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

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
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Amharic-1.jpg#200   
HaitianCreole-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
33   
15
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
7   
4

How Many Consonants
31   
21
20   
10

Scripts
Ethiopic   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

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   

Dialects

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   

Total No. Of Dialects
5   
5
3   
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.37 %   
35
0.15 %   
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   

History

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   

Language Position
55   
40
99   
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Amharic   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

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   

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Amharic and Haitian Creole Language History

Comparison of Amharic vs Haitian Creole language history gives us differences between origin of Amharic and Haitian Creole language. History of Amharic language states that this language originated in 13th century 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 Amharic and Haitian Creole Language History.

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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.

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