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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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English and Haitian Creole Language History

Comparison of English vs Haitian Creole language history gives us differences between origin of English and Haitian Creole language. History of English language states that this language originated in 5th Century AD 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 English and Haitian Creole Language History.

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

English vs Haitian Creole Difficulty

The English vs Haitian Creole difficulty level basically depends on the number of English 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 English and Haitian Creole are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in English and Haitian Creole, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn English is 6 weeks while to learn Haitian Creole time required is 24 weeks.

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