Haitian Creole and Cantonese
Countries
Haiti
Hong Kong, Macau
National Language
Haiti
China, Guangdong
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Central America, North America
Asia
Minority Language
Cuba
Hawaii
Regulated By
Akademi Kreyòl Ayisyen (Academy of Haitian Creole)
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
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".
- Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
- Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
Similar To
French Language
Chinese Language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
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Scripts
Latin
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
How Are You?
Kijan ou yé?
你好吗？
Good Afternoon
Bon apre-midi
下午好
Good Morning
Bon apre-midi
早上好
I Love You
Mwen renmen w
我爱你
Dialect 1
Northern Haitian Creole
Guangzhou
Where They Speak
Cap-Haitien
outside mainland China
Dialect 2
Central Haitian Creole
Xiguan
Where They Speak
Port-au-Prince
Hong Kong
Dialect 3
Southern Haitian Creole
Hong Kong
Where They Speak
Cayes
Hong Kong
Native Name
Kreyòl ayisyen
Kwang Tung Wa
Alternative Names
Creole, Haitian Creole, Western Caribbean Creole
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
French Name
haïtien; créole haïtien
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German Name
Haïtien (Haiti-Kreolisch)
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Pronunciation
[kɣejɔl]
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Ethnicity
Haitians
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Origin
17th Century
17th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
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Branch
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Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Haitian Creole
Standard Cantonese
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
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Scope
Individual
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ISO 639 1
ht
No data available
ISO 639 2/T
hat
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ISO 639 2/B
hat
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ISO 639 3
hat
No data available
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
hait1244
cant1236
Linguasphere
51-AAC-cb
No data available
Language Type
Living
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Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
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All Haitian Creole and Cantonese Dialects
Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Haitian Creole and Cantonese dialects. Various dialects of Haitian Creole and Cantonese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Haitian Creole are spoken in different Haitian Creole Speaking Countries whereas Cantonese Dialects are spoken in different Cantonese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Haitian Creole vs Cantonese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Haitian Creole dialects include: Northern Haitian Creole, Central Haitian Creole. Cantonese dialects include: Guangzhou , Xiguan. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Haitian Creole and Cantonese Speaking population
Haitian Creole and Cantonese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Haitian Creole and Cantonese languages can be compared. The total count of Haitian Creole and Cantonese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Haitian Creole language is 0.15 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Haitian Creole and Cantonese on Haitian Creole vs Cantonese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Haitian Creole and Cantonese Language Codes
Haitian Creole and Cantonese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Haitian Creole and Cantonese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.