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
  
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 in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
163.00 million
  
11
9.60 million
  
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
French 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 French and Haitian Creole greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in French and Haitian Creole language. French word for "Hello" is bonjour or Haitian Creole word for "Thank You" is Mèsi. Find more of such common French Greetings and Haitian Creole Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
French vs Haitian Creole Difficulty
The French vs Haitian Creole difficulty level basically depends on the number of French 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 French and Haitian Creole are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in French and Haitian Creole, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn French is 24 weeks while to learn Haitian Creole time required is 24 weeks.