Countries
Estonia, European Union
  
Haiti
  
National Language
Estonia, Gambia
  
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
Denmark, Russia, Sweden
  
Cuba
  
Regulated By
Institute of the Estonian Language
  
Akademi Kreyòl Ayisyen (Academy of Haitian Creole)
  
Interesting Facts
- Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
- Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
  
- 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
Finnish
  
French Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Estonian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
HaitianCreole-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Tere
  
Bonjou
  
Thank You
aitäh
  
Mèsi
  
How Are You?
kuidas sul läheb
  
Kijan ou yé?
  
Good Night
Head ööd
  
Bon nwit
  
Good Evening
Tere õhtust
  
Bonswa
  
Good Afternoon
Tere päevast
  
Bon apre-midi
  
Good Morning
Tere hommikust
  
Bon apre-midi
  
Please
Palun
  
Souple
  
Sorry
Vabandust
  
Dezole
  
Bye
Head aega
  
Babay
  
I Love You
ma armastan sind
  
Mwen renmen w
  
Excuse Me
Vabandage
  
Eskize m
  
Dialect 1
Keskmurre
  
Northern Haitian Creole
  
Where They Speak
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia
  
Cap-Haitien
  
Dialect 2
Tartu
  
Central Haitian Creole
  
Where They Speak
Georgia, South Estonia
  
Port-au-Prince
  
Dialect 3
Idamurre
  
Southern Haitian Creole
  
Where They Speak
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.
  
Cayes
  
How Many People Speak?
1.10 million
  
99+
9.60 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
0.95 million
  
99+
9.60 million
  
99+
Native Name
eesti keel
  
Kreyòl ayisyen
  
Alternative Names
Eesti keel
  
Creole, Haitian Creole, Western Caribbean Creole
  
French Name
estonien
  
haïtien; créole haïtien
  
German Name
Estnisch
  
Haïtien (Haiti-Kreolisch)
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[kɣejɔl]
  
Ethnicity
Estonians
  
Haitians
  
Origin
13th century
  
17th Century
  
Language Family
Uralic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Finno-Ugric
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Finnic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Estonian
  
Haitian Creole
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Estonian Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
et
  
ht
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
est
  
hat
  
ISO 639 2/B
est
  
hat
  
ISO 639 3
est
  
hat
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
esto1258
  
hait1244
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
51-AAC-cb
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Not Available
  
Estonian 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 Estonian and Haitian Creole greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Estonian and Haitian Creole language. Estonian word for "Hello" is Tere or Haitian Creole word for "Thank You" is Mèsi. Find more of such common Estonian Greetings and Haitian Creole Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Estonian vs Haitian Creole Difficulty
The Estonian vs Haitian Creole difficulty level basically depends on the number of Estonian 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 Estonian and Haitian Creole are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Estonian and Haitian Creole, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Estonian is 44 weeks while to learn Haitian Creole time required is 24 weeks.