Countries
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland
Haiti
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 in
German-Alphabets.jpg#200
HaitianCreole-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
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
I Love You
Ich liebe dich
Mwen renmen w
Excuse Me
Entschuldigung
Eskize m
Dialect 1
Swiss German
Northern Haitian Creole
Where They Speak
Switzerland
Cap-Haitien
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Swabian German
Central Haitian Creole
Where They Speak
Germany
Port-au-Prince
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Texas German
Southern Haitian Creole
Where They Speak
Texas
Cayes
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
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
Origin
6th Century AD
17th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Not Available
Branch
Western
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German
Haitian Creole
Signed Forms
Signed German
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
deus
Not Available
Glottocode
high1287, uppe1397
hait1244
Linguasphere
52-ACB–dl & -dm
51-AAC-cb
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Not Available
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.