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Haitian Creole and Dutch


Dutch and Haitian Creole


Countries

Countries
Haiti   
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
6   
9

National Language
Haiti   
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
South Africa   

Speaking Continents
Central America, North America   
Asia, Europe, North America, South America   

Minority Language
Cuba   
France, Germany, Indonesia   

Regulated By
Akademi Kreyòl Ayisyen (Academy of Haitian Creole)   
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)   

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".
  
  • Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
  • There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
  

Similar To
French Language   
German and English Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
6   
3

How Many Consonants
20   
10
21   
11

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
Bonjou   
Hallo   

Thank You
Mèsi   
dankjewel   

How Are You?
Kijan ou yé?   
hoe gaat het met je?   

Good Night
Bon nwit   
goede Nacht   

Good Evening
Bonswa   
goedenavond   

Good Afternoon
Bon apre-midi   
goedemiddag   

Good Morning
Bon apre-midi   
goedemorgen   

Please
Souple   
alsjeblieft   

Sorry
Dezole   
sorry   

Bye
Babay   
vaarwel   

I Love You
Mwen renmen w   
Ik hou van jou   

Excuse Me
Eskize m   
pardon   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Haitian Creole   
Gronings   

Where They Speak
Cap-Haitien   
Netherlands   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
590,000.00   
32

Dialect 2
Central Haitian Creole   
Low Saxon   

Where They Speak
Port-au-Prince   
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
4,000,000.00   
16

Dialect 3
Southern Haitian Creole   
Limburgian   

Where They Speak
Cayes   
Belgium, Netherlands   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1,300,000.00   
18

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
7   
7

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
9.60 million   
99+
28.00 million   
38

Speaking Population
0.15 %   
99+
0.32 %   
38

Native Speakers
9.60 million   
99+
22.00 million   
35

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
6.00 million   
25

Native Name
Kreyòl ayisyen   
Nederlands   

Alternative Names
Creole, Haitian Creole, Western Caribbean Creole   
Hollands, Nederlands   

French Name
haïtien; créole haïtien   
néerlandais; flamand   

German Name
Haïtien (Haiti-Kreolisch)   
Niederländisch   

Pronunciation
[kɣejɔl]   
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]   

Ethnicity
Haitians   
Dutch people   

History

Origin
17th Century   
AD 450-500   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Germanic   

Branch
Not Available   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch   

Standard Forms
Haitian Creole   
Standard Dutch   

Language Position
99   
99+
48   
35

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ht   
nl   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hat   
nld   

ISO 639 2/B
hat   
dut   

ISO 639 3
hat   
nld   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
hait1244   
mode1257   

Linguasphere
51-AAC-cb   
52-ACB-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Historical   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Synthetic   

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All Haitian Creole and Dutch 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 Dutch dialects. Various dialects of Haitian Creole and Dutch language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Haitian Creole are spoken in different Haitian Creole Speaking Countries whereas Dutch Dialects are spoken in different Dutch speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Haitian Creole vs Dutch Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Haitian Creole dialects include: Northern Haitian Creole, Central Haitian Creole. Dutch dialects include: Gronings , Low Saxon. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Haitian Creole and Dutch Speaking population

Haitian Creole and Dutch speaking population is one of the factors based on which Haitian Creole and Dutch languages can be compared. The total count of Haitian Creole and Dutch Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Haitian Creole language is 0.15 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Dutch language is 0.32 %. 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 Dutch on Haitian Creole vs Dutch where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Haitian Creole and Dutch Language Codes

Haitian Creole and Dutch language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Haitian Creole and Dutch Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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