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Haitian Creole and Somali


Somali and Haitian Creole


Countries

Countries
Haiti   
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
3   
12

National Language
Haiti   
Somalia   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Central America, North America   
Africa, Middle East   

Minority Language
Cuba   
Yemen   

Regulated By
Akademi Kreyòl Ayisyen (Academy of Haitian Creole)   
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy   

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".
  
  • Somali language is one of the best documented Afro-Asiatic languages.
  • One of the most widely spoken of the Cushitic languages is the Somali Language.
  

Similar To
French Language   
Afar and Oromo Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Arabic Language   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
HaitianCreole-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Somali-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   
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
52 weeks   
12

Greetings

Hello
Bonjou   
Hello   

Thank You
Mèsi   
Waad ku mahadsan tahay   

How Are You?
Kijan ou yé?   
Sidee tahay ?   

Good Night
Bon nwit   
Habeenka Good   

Good Evening
Bonswa   
Evening Good   

Good Afternoon
Bon apre-midi   
galab wanaagsan   

Good Morning
Bon apre-midi   
Subax wanaagsan   

Please
Souple   
Fadlan   

Sorry
Dezole   
sorry   

Bye
Babay   
caraysiiyo   

I Love You
Mwen renmen w   
Waan ku jeclahay   

Excuse Me
Eskize m   
iga raali ahow   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Haitian Creole   
Northern Somali   

Where They Speak
Cap-Haitien   
Gabon, Standard Somali   

Dialect 2
Central Haitian Creole   
Benaadir   

Where They Speak
Port-au-Prince   
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu   

Dialect 3
Southern Haitian Creole   
Af-Ashraaf   

Where They Speak
Cayes   
Standard Somali   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
9.60 million   
99+
13.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.15 %   
99+
Not Available   

Native Speakers
9.60 million   
99+
8.00 million   
99+

Native Name
Kreyòl ayisyen   
af Soomaali   

Alternative Names
Creole, Haitian Creole, Western Caribbean Creole   
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga   

French Name
haïtien; créole haïtien   
somali   

German Name
Haïtien (Haiti-Kreolisch)   
Somali   

Pronunciation
[kɣejɔl]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Haitians   
Somalis   

History

Origin
17th Century   
19th century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Cushitic   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Haitian Creole   
Somali   

Language Position
99   
99+
83   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Somali Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ht   
so   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hat   
som   

ISO 639 2/B
hat   
som   

ISO 639 3
hat   
som   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
hait1244   
soma1255   

Linguasphere
51-AAC-cb   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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

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Haitian Creole and Somali Speaking population

Haitian Creole and Somali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Haitian Creole and Somali languages can be compared. The total count of Haitian Creole and Somali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Haitian Creole language is 0.15 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Somali language is Not Available. 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 Somali on Haitian Creole vs Somali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Haitian Creole and Somali Language Codes

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

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