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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
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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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