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Arabic and Haitian Creole


Haitian Creole and Arabic


Countries

Countries
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen   
Haiti   

Total No. Of Countries
23   
4
1   
14

National Language
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen   
Haiti   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia   
Central America, North America   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Cuba   

Regulated By
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council   
Akademi Kreyòl Ayisyen (Academy of Haitian Creole)   

Interesting Facts
  • Arabic is 5th common language in world.
  • Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
  
  • 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
Amharic and Hebrew   
French Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
28   
10
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
7   
4

How Many Consonants
28   
18
20   
10

Scripts
Arabic   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
مرحبا   
Bonjou   

Thank You
شكرا   
Mèsi   

How Are You?
كيف حالك؟   
Kijan ou yé?   

Good Night
تصبح على خير   
Bon nwit   

Good Evening
مساء الخير   
Bonswa   

Good Afternoon
مساء الخير   
Bon apre-midi   

Good Morning
صباح الخير   
Bon apre-midi   

Please
من فضلك   
Souple   

Sorry
آسف   
Dezole   

Bye
وداعا   
Babay   

I Love You
أحبك   
Mwen renmen w   

Excuse Me
اعذرني   
Eskize m   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Maghrebi   
Northern Haitian Creole   

Where They Speak
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia   
Cap-Haitien   

Dialect 2
Sudanese   
Central Haitian Creole   

Where They Speak
Sudan   
Port-au-Prince   

How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00   
6
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Levantine   
Southern Haitian Creole   

Where They Speak
Cyprus, Levant   
Cayes   

How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00   
3
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
26   
22
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
452.00 million   
4
9.60 million   
99+

Speaking Population
4.43 %   
6
0.15 %   
99+

Native Speakers
206.00 million   
6
9.60 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
246.00 million   
2
Not Available   

Native Name
(al arabiya) العربية   
Kreyòl ayisyen   

Alternative Names
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic   
Creole, Haitian Creole, Western Caribbean Creole   

French Name
arabe   
haïtien; créole haïtien   

German Name
Arabisch   
Haïtien (Haiti-Kreolisch)   

Pronunciation
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/   
[kɣejɔl]   

Ethnicity
Arabs   
Haitians   

History

Origin
512 CE   
17th Century   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Semitic   
Not Available   

Branch
North Arabic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Modern Standard Arabic   
Haitian Creole   

Language Position
25   
21
99   
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Arabic   
Not Available   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ar   
ht   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ara   
hat   

ISO 639 2/B
ara   
hat   

ISO 639 3
ara   
hat   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
arab1395   
hait1244   

Linguasphere
12-AAC   
51-AAC-cb   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Not Available   

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All Arabic 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 Arabic and Haitian Creole dialects. Various dialects of Arabic and Haitian Creole language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Arabic are spoken in different Arabic Speaking Countries whereas Haitian Creole Dialects are spoken in different Haitian Creole speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Arabic vs Haitian Creole Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Arabic dialects include: Maghrebi, Sudanese. Haitian Creole dialects include: Northern Haitian Creole , Central Haitian Creole. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Arabic and Haitian Creole Speaking population

Arabic and Haitian Creole speaking population is one of the factors based on which Arabic and Haitian Creole languages can be compared. The total count of Arabic and Haitian Creole Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Arabic language is 4.43 % 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 Arabic and Haitian Creole on Arabic vs Haitian Creole where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Arabic and Haitian Creole Language Codes

Arabic and Haitian Creole language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Arabic and Haitian Creole Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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