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Arabic vs Haitian Creole


Haitian Creole vs 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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Arabic and Haitian Creole Language History

Comparison of Arabic vs Haitian Creole language history gives us differences between origin of Arabic and Haitian Creole language. History of Arabic language states that this language originated in 512 CE 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 Arabic and Haitian Creole Language History.

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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.

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