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Croatian vs Haitian Creole


Haitian Creole vs Croatian


Countries

Countries
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia   
Haiti   

Total No. Of Countries
9   
7
1   
14

National Language
Austria   
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
Austria, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania   
Cuba   

Regulated By
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics   
Akademi Kreyòl Ayisyen (Academy of Haitian Creole)   

Interesting Facts
  • In croatian language, everywhere there are words without vowels.
  • Though croatian language was born in 9th century, the first written document in croatian was in 11th century.
  
  • 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
Serbain and Bosnian   
French Language   

Derived From
Church Slavonic   
Not Available   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Croatian-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
Latin   
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
bok   
Bonjou   

Thank You
hvala   
Mèsi   

How Are You?
kako si   
Kijan ou yé?   

Good Night
laku noć   
Bon nwit   

Good Evening
dobra večer   
Bonswa   

Good Afternoon
dobar dan   
Bon apre-midi   

Good Morning
dobro jutro   
Bon apre-midi   

Please
molim   
Souple   

Sorry
Oprostite   
Dezole   

Bye
Doviđenja   
Babay   

I Love You
Volim te   
Mwen renmen w   

Excuse Me
Ispričavam se   
Eskize m   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Chakavian   
Northern Haitian Creole   

Where They Speak
Croatia   
Cap-Haitien   

How Many People Speak
660,000.00   
31
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Chakavian   
Central Haitian Creole   

Where They Speak
Croatia   
Port-au-Prince   

Dialect 3
Shtokavian   
Southern Haitian Creole   

Where They Speak
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania   
Cayes   

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00   
5
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
79   
33
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
89.00 million   
18
9.60 million   
99+

Speaking Population
89.00 %   
1
0.15 %   
99+

Native Speakers
5.60 million   
99+
9.60 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
1.25 million   
36
Not Available   

Native Name
hrvatski   
Kreyòl ayisyen   

Alternative Names
Hrvatski   
Creole, Haitian Creole, Western Caribbean Creole   

French Name
croate   
haïtien; créole haïtien   

German Name
Kroatisch   
Haïtien (Haiti-Kreolisch)   

Pronunciation
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]   
[kɣejɔl]   

Ethnicity
Croats   
Haitians   

History

Origin
9th 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
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian   
Haitian Creole   

Language Position
23   
19
99   
99+

Signed Forms
Croatian Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
hr   
ht   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hrv   
hat   

ISO 639 2/B
hrv   
hat   

ISO 639 3
hrv   
hat   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
croa1245   
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
Fusional, Synthetic   
Not Available   

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Croatian and Haitian Creole Language History

Comparison of Croatian vs Haitian Creole language history gives us differences between origin of Croatian and Haitian Creole language. History of Croatian language states that this language originated in 9th 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 Croatian and Haitian Creole Language History.

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

Croatian vs Haitian Creole Difficulty

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

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