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Bosnian vs Haitian Creole


Haitian Creole vs Bosnian


Countries

Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina   
Haiti   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina   
Haiti   

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

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Central America, North America   

Minority Language
Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia   
Cuba   

Regulated By
University of Sarajevo   
Akademi Kreyòl Ayisyen (Academy of Haitian Creole)   

Interesting Facts
  • South Slavic language group developed Bosnian Language.
  • The muslim Bosnians are referred as "Bosniaks", who are the primary speakers of Bosnian language.
  
  • 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
Serbian and Croatian   
French Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30   
12
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
7   
4

How Many Consonants
25   
15
20   
10

Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
Zdravo   
Bonjou   

Thank You
Hvala   
Mèsi   

How Are You?
Kako si?   
Kijan ou yé?   

Good Night
Laku noc   
Bon nwit   

Good Evening
Dobro veće   
Bonswa   

Good Afternoon
Dobar dan   
Bon apre-midi   

Good Morning
Dobro jutro   
Bon apre-midi   

Please
molim vas   
Souple   

Sorry
Oprostite   
Dezole   

Bye
Zbogom   
Babay   

I Love You
Volim te   
Mwen renmen w   

Excuse Me
Oprostite   
Eskize m   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Shtokavian   
Northern Haitian Creole   

Where They Speak
Bosnia, Croatia, Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia   
Cap-Haitien   

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00   
11
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Chakavian   
Central Haitian Creole   

Where They Speak
Croatia   
Port-au-Prince   

How Many People Speak
660,000.00   
28
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Kajkavian   
Southern Haitian Creole   

Where They Speak
Croatia   
Cayes   

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
3   
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.15 %   
99+

Native Speakers
3.00 million   
99+
9.60 million   
99+

Native Name
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى   
Kreyòl ayisyen   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Creole, Haitian Creole, Western Caribbean Creole   

French Name
bosniaque   
haïtien; créole haïtien   

German Name
Bosnisch   
Haïtien (Haiti-Kreolisch)   

Pronunciation
[bɔ̌sanskiː]   
[kɣejɔl]   

Ethnicity
Bosniaks   
Haitians   

History

Origin
19th Century   
17th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Bosnian   
Haitian Creole   

Language Position
Not Available   
99   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
bs   
ht   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bos   
hat   

ISO 639 2/B
bos   
hat   

ISO 639 3
bos   
hat   

ISO 639 6
boss   
Not Available   

Glottocode
bosn1245   
hait1244   

Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g   
51-AAC-cb   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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Bosnian and Haitian Creole Language History

Comparison of Bosnian vs Haitian Creole language history gives us differences between origin of Bosnian and Haitian Creole language. History of Bosnian language states that this language originated in 19th 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 Bosnian and Haitian Creole Language History.

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Bosnian 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 Bosnian and Haitian Creole greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Bosnian and Haitian Creole language. Bosnian word for "Hello" is Zdravo or Haitian Creole word for "Thank You" is Mèsi. Find more of such common Bosnian Greetings and Haitian Creole Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Bosnian vs Haitian Creole Difficulty

The Bosnian vs Haitian Creole difficulty level basically depends on the number of Bosnian 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 Bosnian and Haitian Creole are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Bosnian and Haitian Creole, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Bosnian is 44 weeks while to learn Haitian Creole time required is 24 weeks.

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