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Finnish vs Haitian Creole


Haitian Creole vs Finnish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Finland  
Haiti  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Estonia, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden  
Haiti  

Second Language
Estonia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Central America, North America  

Minority Language
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden  
Cuba  

Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland  
Akademi Kreyòl Ayisyen (Academy of Haitian Creole)  

Interesting Facts
  • Finnish language has adopted many words from Iranian, Turkic, Baltic, Germanic and Slavic languages.
  • In Finnish language, there are no articles or grammatical gender.
  
  • 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
Estonian and Livonian Languages  
French Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
7  
4

How Many Consonants
13  
3
20  
10

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
Moi  
Bonjou  

Thank You
Kiitos  
Mèsi  

How Are You?
Mitä kuuluu?  
Kijan ou yé?  

Good Night
hyvää yötä  
Bon nwit  

Good Evening
Hyvää iltaa  
Bonswa  

Good Afternoon
Hyvää iltapäivää  
Bon apre-midi  

Good Morning
Hyvää huomenta  
Bon apre-midi  

Please
haluta  
Souple  

Sorry
Anteeksi  
Dezole  

Bye
Heippa  
Babay  

I Love You
Minä rakastan sinua  
Mwen renmen w  

Excuse Me
Anteeksi  
Eskize m  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Colloquial Finnish  
Northern Haitian Creole  

Where They Speak
Finland  
Cap-Haitien  

Dialect 2
Rauma  
Central Haitian Creole  

Where They Speak
Finland, Rauma  
Port-au-Prince  

Dialect 3
Meänkieli  
Southern Haitian Creole  

Where They Speak
Finland, Sweden  
Cayes  

How Many People Speak
60,000.00  
31
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
21  
19
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
5.40 million  
99+
9.60 million  
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.15 %  
99+

Native Speakers
5.40 million  
99+
9.60 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
0.01 million  
39
Not Available  

Native Name
suomi / suomen kieli  
Kreyòl ayisyen  

Alternative Names
Suomi  
Creole, Haitian Creole, Western Caribbean Creole  

French Name
finnois  
haïtien; créole haïtien  

German Name
Finnisch  
Haïtien (Haiti-Kreolisch)  

Pronunciation
[ˈsuomi]  
[kɣejɔl]  

Ethnicity
ethnic Finns  
Haitians  

History

Origin
1543  
17th Century  

Language Family
Uralic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Finno-Ugric  
Not Available  

Branch
Finnic  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Finnic language  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
standard Finnish  
Haitian Creole  

Language Position
Not Available  
99  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Finnish  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
fi  
ht  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fin  
hat  

ISO 639 2/B
fin  
hat  

ISO 639 3
fin  
hat  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
finn1318  
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, Synthetic  
Not Available  

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Finnish and Haitian Creole Language History

Comparison of Finnish vs Haitian Creole language history gives us differences between origin of Finnish and Haitian Creole language. History of Finnish language states that this language originated in 1543 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 Finnish and Haitian Creole Language History.

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

Finnish vs Haitian Creole Difficulty

The Finnish vs Haitian Creole difficulty level basically depends on the number of Finnish 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 Finnish and Haitian Creole are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Finnish and Haitian Creole, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Finnish is 44 weeks while to learn Haitian Creole time required is 24 weeks.

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