1 Countries
1.1 Countries
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Haiti
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
Central America, North America
Africa
1.6 Minority Language
Cuba
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.7 Regulated By
Akademi Kreyòl Ayisyen (Academy of Haitian Creole)
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1.8 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".
- Shona language is tonal language.
- The African people in Zimbabwe is made of 10 ethnic groups, each speaking a different languages, shona is spoken by 60 percent of population.
1.9 Similar To
French Language
Kalanga and Nambya Language
1.10 Derived From
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2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
2.5 Writing Direction
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2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
3.2 Thank You
3.3 How Are You?
Kijan ou yé?
Wakadini zvako?
3.4 Good Night
3.5 Good Evening
3.6 Good Afternoon
3.7 Good Morning
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
3.12 Excuse Me
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Northern Haitian Creole
Hwesa
4.1.1 Where They Speak
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
4.2 Dialect 2
Central Haitian Creole
Karanga
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Port-au-Prince
southern Zimbabwe
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
4.3 Dialect 3
Southern Haitian Creole
Zezuru
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Cayes
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
9.60 million25.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
9.60 million8.30 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
Kreyòl ayisyen
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5.3.3 Alternative Names
Creole, Haitian Creole, Western Caribbean Creole
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
5.3.4 French Name
haïtien; créole haïtien
shona
5.3.5 German Name
Haïtien (Haiti-Kreolisch)
Schona-Sprache
5.4 Pronunciation
5.5 Ethnicity
6 History
6.1 Origin
17th Century
20th century
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
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Benue-Congo
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
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6.3.2 Standard Forms
Haitian Creole
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6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
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6.4 Scope
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
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7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
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