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Haitian Creole and English


English and Haitian Creole


Countries

Countries
Haiti   
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
33   
2

National Language
Haiti   
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore   

Speaking Continents
Central America, North America   
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America   

Minority Language
Cuba   
South Africa   

Regulated By
Akademi Kreyòl Ayisyen (Academy of Haitian Creole)   
Not Available   

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".
  
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  

Similar To
French Language   
Not Available   

Derived From
Not Available   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
5   
2

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
7   
6

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
6 weeks   
3

Greetings

Hello
Bonjou   
Hello   

Thank You
Mèsi   
Thank you   

How Are You?
Kijan ou yé?   
How are you?   

Good Night
Bon nwit   
Good Night   

Good Evening
Bonswa   
Good Evening   

Good Afternoon
Bon apre-midi   
Good Afternoon   

Good Morning
Bon apre-midi   
Good Morning   

Please
Souple   
Please   

Sorry
Dezole   
Sorry   

Bye
Babay   
Bye   

I Love You
Mwen renmen w   
I love you   

Excuse Me
Eskize m   
Excuse Me   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Haitian Creole   
American English   

Where They Speak
Cap-Haitien   
United States of America   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
225,000,000.00   
3

Dialect 2
Central Haitian Creole   
Hiberno-English   

Where They Speak
Port-au-Prince   
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
4,500,000.00   
15

Dialect 3
Southern Haitian Creole   
Welsh English   

Where They Speak
Cayes   
United Kingdom   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
2,500,000.00   
14

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
188   
34

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
9.60 million   
99+
1,200.00 million   
1

Speaking Population
0.15 %   
99+
5.43 %   
4

Native Speakers
9.60 million   
99+
400.00 million   
3

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
400.00 million   
1

Native Name
Kreyòl ayisyen   
English   

Alternative Names
Creole, Haitian Creole, Western Caribbean Creole   
Not Available   

French Name
haïtien; créole haïtien   
anglais   

German Name
Haïtien (Haiti-Kreolisch)   
Englisch   

Pronunciation
[kɣejɔl]   
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/   

Ethnicity
Haitians   
Not Available   

History

Origin
17th Century   
5th Century AD   

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   
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English   

Standard Forms
Haitian Creole   
Standard English   

Language Position
99   
99+
3   
3

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed English   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ht   
en   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hat   
eng   

ISO 639 2/B
hat   
eng   

ISO 639 3
hat   
eng   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
engs   

Glottocode
hait1244   
stan1293   

Linguasphere
51-AAC-cb   
52-ABA   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic   

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

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Haitian Creole and English Speaking population

Haitian Creole and English speaking population is one of the factors based on which Haitian Creole and English languages can be compared. The total count of Haitian Creole and English Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Haitian Creole language is 0.15 % whereas the percentage of people speaking English language is 5.43 %. 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 English on Haitian Creole vs English where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Haitian Creole and English Language Codes

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

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