Haitian Creole and Chinese
Countries
Haiti
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
National Language
Haiti
China, Taiwan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Republic of Brazil
Speaking Continents
Central America, North America
Asia
Minority Language
Cuba
Indonesia, Malaysia
Regulated By
Akademi Kreyòl Ayisyen (Academy of Haitian Creole)
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
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".
- Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
- In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
Similar To
French Language
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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
Hello
Bonjou
您好 (Nín hǎo)
Thank You
Mèsi
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
How Are You?
Kijan ou yé?
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
Good Night
Bon nwit
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
Good Evening
Bonswa
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
Good Afternoon
Bon apre-midi
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
Good Morning
Bon apre-midi
早安 (Zǎo ān)
I Love You
Mwen renmen w
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
Excuse Me
Eskize m
劳驾 (Láojià)
Dialect 1
Northern Haitian Creole
Mandarin
Where They Speak
Cap-Haitien
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
How Many People Speak
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Dialect 2
Central Haitian Creole
Wu
Where They Speak
Port-au-Prince
China, United States of America
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Southern Haitian Creole
Yue
Where They Speak
Cayes
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
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Native Name
Kreyòl ayisyen
中文 (zhōngwén)
Alternative Names
Creole, Haitian Creole, Western Caribbean Creole
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French Name
haïtien; créole haïtien
chinois
German Name
Haïtien (Haiti-Kreolisch)
Chinesisch
Pronunciation
[kɣejɔl]
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Origin
17th Century
1250 BC
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 Chinese
Signed Forms
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Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
hait1244
sini1245
Linguasphere
51-AAC-cb
79-AAA
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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Analytic, Isolating
All Haitian Creole and Chinese 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 Chinese dialects. Various dialects of Haitian Creole and Chinese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Haitian Creole are spoken in different Haitian Creole Speaking Countries whereas Chinese Dialects are spoken in different Chinese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Haitian Creole vs Chinese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Haitian Creole dialects include: Northern Haitian Creole, Central Haitian Creole. Chinese dialects include: Mandarin , Wu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Haitian Creole and Chinese Speaking population
Haitian Creole and Chinese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Haitian Creole and Chinese languages can be compared. The total count of Haitian Creole and Chinese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Haitian Creole language is 0.15 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Chinese 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 Chinese on Haitian Creole vs Chinese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Haitian Creole and Chinese Language Codes
Haitian Creole and Chinese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Haitian Creole and Chinese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.