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German vs Haitian Creole


Haitian Creole vs German


Countries

Countries
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland  
Haiti  

Total No. Of Countries
7  
8
1  
14

National Language
Germany  
Haiti  

Second Language
North Dakota, United States of America  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Central America, North America  

Minority Language
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia  
Cuba  

Regulated By
Council for German Orthography  
Akademi Kreyòl Ayisyen (Academy of Haitian Creole)  

Interesting Facts
  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German 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
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages  
French Language  

Derived From
Albanian Languages  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
7  
4

How Many Consonants
9  
1
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
30 weeks  
9
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
hallo  
Bonjou  

Thank You
Danke  
Mèsi  

How Are You?
Wie geht es dir?  
Kijan ou yé?  

Good Night
gute Nacht  
Bon nwit  

Good Evening
guten Abend  
Bonswa  

Good Afternoon
guten Tag  
Bon apre-midi  

Good Morning
guten Morgen  
Bon apre-midi  

Please
bitte  
Souple  

Sorry
Verzeihung  
Dezole  

Bye
Tschüs  
Babay  

I Love You
Ich liebe dich  
Mwen renmen w  

Excuse Me
Entschuldigung  
Eskize m  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Swiss German  
Northern Haitian Creole  

Where They Speak
Switzerland  
Cap-Haitien  

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00  
18
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Swabian German  
Central Haitian Creole  

Where They Speak
Germany  
Port-au-Prince  

How Many People Speak
820,000.00  
26
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Texas German  
Southern Haitian Creole  

Where They Speak
Texas  
Cayes  

How Many People Speak
6,000.00  
35
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
28  
23
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
229.00 million  
8
9.60 million  
99+

Speaking Population
1.39 %  
12
0.15 %  
99+

Native Speakers
101.00 million  
10
9.60 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
128.00 million  
5
Not Available  

Native Name
Deutsch  
Kreyòl ayisyen  

Alternative Names
Deutsch, Tedesco  
Creole, Haitian Creole, Western Caribbean Creole  

French Name
allemand  
haïtien; créole haïtien  

German Name
Deutsch  
Haïtien (Haiti-Kreolisch)  

Pronunciation
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]  
[kɣejɔl]  

Ethnicity
Germans  
Haitians  

History

Origin
6th Century AD  
17th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
Not Available  

Branch
Western  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German  
Haitian Creole  

Language Position
9  
9
99  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed German  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
de  
ht  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
deu  
hat  

ISO 639 2/B
ger  
hat  

ISO 639 3
deu  
hat  

ISO 639 6
deus  
Not Available  

Glottocode
high1287, uppe1397  
hait1244  

Linguasphere
52-ACB–dl & -dm  
51-AAC-cb  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Not Available  

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German and Haitian Creole Language History

Comparison of German vs Haitian Creole language history gives us differences between origin of German and Haitian Creole language. History of German language states that this language originated in 6th Century AD 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 German and Haitian Creole Language History.

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

German vs Haitian Creole Difficulty

The German vs Haitian Creole difficulty level basically depends on the number of German 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 German and Haitian Creole are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in German and Haitian Creole, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn German is 30 weeks while to learn Haitian Creole time required is 24 weeks.

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