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Haitian Creole and English


Countries

Countries
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe   
Haiti   

Total No. Of Countries
33   
2
1   
14

National Language
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America   
Haiti   

Second Language
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America   
Central America, North America   

Minority Language
South Africa   
Cuba   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Akademi Kreyòl Ayisyen (Academy of Haitian Creole)   

Interesting Facts
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  
  • 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
Not Available   
French Language   

Derived From
Latin   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
7   
4

How Many Consonants
21   
11
20   
10

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
7   
6
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
6 weeks   
3
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
Hello   
Bonjou   

Thank You
Thank you   
Mèsi   

How Are You?
How are you?   
Kijan ou yé?   

Good Night
Good Night   
Bon nwit   

Good Evening
Good Evening   
Bonswa   

Good Afternoon
Good Afternoon   
Bon apre-midi   

Good Morning
Good Morning   
Bon apre-midi   

Please
Please   
Souple   

Sorry
Sorry   
Dezole   

Bye
Bye   
Babay   

I Love You
I love you   
Mwen renmen w   

Excuse Me
Excuse Me   
Eskize m   

Dialects

Dialect 1
American English   
Northern Haitian Creole   

Where They Speak
United States of America   
Cap-Haitien   

How Many People Speak
225,000,000.00   
3
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Hiberno-English   
Central Haitian Creole   

Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom   
Port-au-Prince   

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00   
15
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Welsh English   
Southern Haitian Creole   

Where They Speak
United Kingdom   
Cayes   

How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00   
14
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
188   
34
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1,200.00 million   
1
9.60 million   
99+

Speaking Population
5.43 %   
4
0.15 %   
99+

Native Speakers
400.00 million   
3
9.60 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
400.00 million   
1
Not Available   

Native Name
English   
Kreyòl ayisyen   

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

French Name
anglais   
haïtien; créole haïtien   

German Name
Englisch   
Haïtien (Haiti-Kreolisch)   

Pronunciation
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/   
[kɣejɔl]   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Haitians   

History

Origin
5th Century 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 English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard English   
Haitian Creole   

Language Position
3   
3
99   
99+

Signed Forms
Signed English   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
en   
ht   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
eng   
hat   

ISO 639 2/B
eng   
hat   

ISO 639 3
eng   
hat   

ISO 639 6
engs   
Not Available   

Glottocode
stan1293   
hait1244   

Linguasphere
52-ABA   
51-AAC-cb   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic   
Not Available   

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All English and Haitian Creole Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all English and Haitian Creole dialects. Various dialects of English and Haitian Creole language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of English are spoken in different English Speaking Countries whereas Haitian Creole Dialects are spoken in different Haitian Creole speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking English vs Haitian Creole Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the English dialects include: American English, Hiberno-English. Haitian Creole dialects include: Northern Haitian Creole , Central Haitian Creole. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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English and Haitian Creole Speaking population

English and Haitian Creole speaking population is one of the factors based on which English and Haitian Creole languages can be compared. The total count of English and Haitian Creole Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking English language is 5.43 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Haitian Creole language is 0.15 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak English and Haitian Creole on English vs Haitian Creole where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

English and Haitian Creole Language Codes

English and Haitian Creole language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. English and Haitian Creole Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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