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French vs Haitian Creole


Haitian Creole vs 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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French and Haitian Creole Language History

Comparison of French vs Haitian Creole language history gives us differences between origin of French and Haitian Creole language. History of French language states that this language originated in 9th Century 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 French and Haitian Creole Language History.

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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.

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