Countries
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council
  
Haiti
  
National Language
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland
  
Haiti
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe, North America, South America
  
Central America, North America
  
Minority Language
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America
  
Cuba
  
Regulated By
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language Committee)
  
Akademi Kreyòl Ayisyen (Academy of Haitian Creole)
  
Interesting Facts
- Danish, Norwegian and Swedish are mutually intelligible, that means if u learn Danish is almost like learning three languages in one.
- There are 9 vowels in Danish language, which can be pronounced in 16 different ways.
  
- 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
Norwegian and Swedish
  
French Language
  
Derived From
Old Norse Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Danish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
HaitianCreole-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Hallo
  
Bonjou
  
Thank You
Mange tak
  
Mèsi
  
How Are You?
Hvordan har du det?
  
Kijan ou yé?
  
Good Night
God nat
  
Bon nwit
  
Good Evening
God aften
  
Bonswa
  
Good Afternoon
God eftermiddag
  
Bon apre-midi
  
Good Morning
God morgen
  
Bon apre-midi
  
Please
Please
  
Souple
  
Sorry
Undskyld!
  
Dezole
  
Bye
Farvel
  
Babay
  
I Love You
Jeg elsker dig
  
Mwen renmen w
  
Excuse Me
Undskyld mig
  
Eskize m
  
Dialect 1
Scanian
  
Northern Haitian Creole
  
Where They Speak
Sweden
  
Cap-Haitien
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Jutlandic
  
Central Haitian Creole
  
Where They Speak
Denmark
  
Port-au-Prince
  
Dialect 3
Bornholmsk
  
Southern Haitian Creole
  
Where They Speak
Island of Bornholm
  
Cayes
  
How Many People Speak?
5.50 million
  
99+
9.60 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
5.50 million
  
99+
9.60 million
  
99+
Native Name
dansk
  
Kreyòl ayisyen
  
Alternative Names
Dansk, Rigsdansk
  
Creole, Haitian Creole, Western Caribbean Creole
  
French Name
danois
  
haïtien; créole haïtien
  
German Name
Dänisch
  
Haïtien (Haiti-Kreolisch)
  
Pronunciation
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]
  
[kɣejɔl]
  
Ethnicity
Danish people or Danes
  
Haitians
  
Origin
c. 1100 AD
  
17th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Danish, Early Modern Danish
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Rigsdansk
  
Haitian Creole
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Danish
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
da
  
ht
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
dan
  
hat
  
ISO 639 2/B
dan
  
hat
  
ISO 639 3
dan
  
hat
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
dani1284
  
hait1244
  
Linguasphere
5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj
  
51-AAC-cb
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Not Available
  
Danish 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 Danish and Haitian Creole greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Danish and Haitian Creole language. Danish word for "Hello" is Hallo or Haitian Creole word for "Thank You" is Mèsi. Find more of such common Danish Greetings and Haitian Creole Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Danish vs Haitian Creole Difficulty
The Danish vs Haitian Creole difficulty level basically depends on the number of Danish 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 Danish and Haitian Creole are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Danish and Haitian Creole, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Danish is 24 weeks while to learn Haitian Creole time required is 24 weeks.