Countries
Haiti
  
Armenian Highland
  
National Language
Haiti
  
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Central America, North America
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Cuba
  
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
Akademi Kreyòl Ayisyen (Academy of Haitian Creole)
  
Armenian National Academy of Sciences
  
Interesting Facts
- 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".
  
- The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
- Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
  
Similar To
French Language
  
Greek
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Armenian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Armenian manuscript
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Bonjou
  
Բարեւ (Barev)
  
Thank You
Mèsi
  
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)
  
How Are You?
Kijan ou yé?
  
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)
  
Good Night
Bon nwit
  
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)
  
Good Evening
Bonswa
  
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)
  
Good Afternoon
Bon apre-midi
  
Բարի օր (Bari or)
  
Good Morning
Bon apre-midi
  
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)
  
Please
Souple
  
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)
  
Sorry
Dezole
  
կներեք (knerek’)
  
Bye
Babay
  
Ց'տեսություն
  
I Love You
Mwen renmen w
  
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)
  
Excuse Me
Eskize m
  
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)
  
Dialect 1
Northern Haitian Creole
  
Eastern Armenian
  
Where They Speak
Cap-Haitien
  
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey
  
Dialect 2
Central Haitian Creole
  
Western Armenian
  
Where They Speak
Port-au-Prince
  
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
  
Dialect 3
Southern Haitian Creole
  
Not Applicable
  
Where They Speak
Cayes
  
Not Applicable
  
How Many People Speak?
9.60 million
  
99+
6.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
9.60 million
  
99+
6.00 million
  
99+
Native Name
Kreyòl ayisyen
  
Հայերէն (Hayeren)
  
Alternative Names
Creole, Haitian Creole, Western Caribbean Creole
  
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri
  
French Name
haïtien; créole haïtien
  
arménien
  
German Name
Haïtien (Haiti-Kreolisch)
  
Armenisch
  
Pronunciation
[kɣejɔl]
  
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]
  
Ethnicity
Haitians
  
Armenians
  
Origin
17th Century
  
late 5th century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian
  
Standard Forms
Haitian Creole
  
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ht
  
hy
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
hat
  
hye
  
ISO 639 2/B
hat
  
arm
  
ISO 639 3
hat
  
hye
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
hait1244
  
arme1241
  
Linguasphere
51-AAC-cb
  
57-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Agglutinative, Synthetic