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Haitian Creole and French


Countries

Countries
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu   
Haiti   

Total No. Of Countries
32   
3
1   
14

National Language
France   
Haiti   

Second Language
Africa, Canada   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

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

Minority Language
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam   
Cuba   

Regulated By
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française   
Akademi Kreyòl Ayisyen (Academy of Haitian Creole)   

Interesting Facts
  • French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
  • French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
  
  • 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
Italian Language   
French Language   

Derived From
Latin   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
7   
4

How Many Consonants
20   
10
20   
10

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
bonjour   
Bonjou   

Thank You
Merci   
Mèsi   

How Are You?
Comment allez-vous?   
Kijan ou yé?   

Good Night
bonne Nuit   
Bon nwit   

Good Evening
bonsoir   
Bonswa   

Good Afternoon
bon Après-Midi   
Bon apre-midi   

Good Morning
Bonjour   
Bon apre-midi   

Please
S'il vous plaît   
Souple   

Sorry
désolé   
Dezole   

Bye
au revoir   
Babay   

I Love You
Je t'aime   
Mwen renmen w   

Excuse Me
Excuse Moi   
Eskize m   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Quebec French   
Northern Haitian Creole   

Where They Speak
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada   
Cap-Haitien   

How Many People Speak
6,200,000.00   
15
Not Available   

Dialect 2
African French   
Central Haitian Creole   

Where They Speak
Africa   
Port-au-Prince   

Dialect 3
Swiss French   
Southern Haitian Creole   

Where They Speak
Northeast France, Switzerland   
Cayes   

How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00   
16
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
25   
21
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
163.00 million   
11
9.60 million   
99+

Speaking Population
1.12 %   
17
0.15 %   
99+

Native Speakers
76.00 million   
13
9.60 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
87.00 million   
11
Not Available   

Native Name
français   
Kreyòl ayisyen   

Alternative Names
Français   
Creole, Haitian Creole, Western Caribbean Creole   

French Name
français   
haïtien; créole haïtien   

German Name
Französisch   
Haïtien (Haiti-Kreolisch)   

Pronunciation
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]   
[kɣejɔl]   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Haitians   

History

Origin
9th Century   
17th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Romance   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old French, Middle French and French   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard French   
Haitian Creole   

Language Position
13   
12
99   
99+

Signed Forms
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
fr   
ht   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fra   
hat   

ISO 639 2/B
fre   
hat   

ISO 639 3
fra   
hat   

ISO 639 6
fras   
Not Available   

Glottocode
stan1290   
hait1244   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-i   
51-AAC-cb   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Not Available   

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All French 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 French and Haitian Creole dialects. Various dialects of French and Haitian Creole language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of French are spoken in different French Speaking Countries whereas Haitian Creole Dialects are spoken in different Haitian Creole speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking French vs Haitian Creole Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the French dialects include: Quebec French, African French. 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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French and Haitian Creole Speaking population

French and Haitian Creole speaking population is one of the factors based on which French and Haitian Creole languages can be compared. The total count of French and Haitian Creole Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking French language is 1.12 % 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 French and Haitian Creole on French vs Haitian Creole where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

French and Haitian Creole Language Codes

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

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