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
  
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 in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
1,200.00 million
  
1
9.60 million
  
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Signed English
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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