Countries
Haiti
  
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
  
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 in
HaitianCreole-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Somali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
9.60 million
  
99+
13.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Somali Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.