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
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 in
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Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
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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
I Love You
أحبك
Mwen renmen w
Excuse Me
اعذرني
Eskize m
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
Not Available
Dialect 3
Levantine
Southern Haitian Creole
Where They Speak
Cyprus, Levant
Cayes
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
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]
Origin
512 CE
17th Century
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Semitic
Not Available
Branch
North Arabic
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Standard Arabic
Haitian Creole
Signed Forms
Signed Arabic
Not Available
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
arab1395
hait1244
Linguasphere
12-AAC
51-AAC-cb
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Not Available
Arabic 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 Arabic and Haitian Creole greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Arabic and Haitian Creole language. Arabic word for "Hello" is مرحبا or Haitian Creole word for "Thank You" is Mèsi. Find more of such common Arabic Greetings and Haitian Creole Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Arabic vs Haitian Creole Difficulty
The Arabic vs Haitian Creole difficulty level basically depends on the number of Arabic 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 Arabic and Haitian Creole are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Arabic and Haitian Creole, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Arabic is 88 weeks while to learn Haitian Creole time required is 24 weeks.