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Haitian Creole and Spanish


Spanish and Haitian Creole


Countries

Countries
Haiti   
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
46   
1

National Language
Haiti   
Spain   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands   

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

Minority Language
Cuba   
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom   

Regulated By
Akademi Kreyòl Ayisyen (Academy of Haitian Creole)   
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española   

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".
  
  • One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
  • Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  

Similar To
French Language   
French Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
27   
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
5   
2

How Many Consonants
20   
10
22   
12

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
Bonjou   
hola   

Thank You
Mèsi   
Gracias   

How Are You?
Kijan ou yé?   
Cómo estás?   

Good Night
Bon nwit   
Buenas Noches   

Good Evening
Bonswa   
Bonne soirée   

Good Afternoon
Bon apre-midi   
Buenas Tardes   

Good Morning
Bon apre-midi   
Buenos Días   

Please
Souple   
Por Favor   

Sorry
Dezole   
triste   

Bye
Babay   
adiós   

I Love You
Mwen renmen w   
Te Quiero   

Excuse Me
Eskize m   
Discúlpeme   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Haitian Creole   
Mexican Spanish   

Where They Speak
Cap-Haitien   
Mexico   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
105,000,000.00   
5

Dialect 2
Central Haitian Creole   
Cuban Spanish   

Where They Speak
Port-au-Prince   
Cuba   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
11,000,000.00   
8

Dialect 3
Southern Haitian Creole   
Puerto Rican Spanish   

Where They Speak
Cayes   
Puerto Rico   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
3,900,000.00   
9

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
21   
19

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
9.60 million   
99+
489.00 million   
3

Speaking Population
0.15 %   
99+
6.15 %   
3

Native Speakers
9.60 million   
99+
410.00 million   
2

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
89.50 million   
9

Native Name
Kreyòl ayisyen   
Español   

Alternative Names
Creole, Haitian Creole, Western Caribbean Creole   
Castellano, Castilian, Español   

French Name
haïtien; créole haïtien   
espagnol; castillan   

German Name
Haïtien (Haiti-Kreolisch)   
Spanisch   

Pronunciation
[kɣejɔl]   
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]   

Ethnicity
Haitians   
Not Available   

History

Origin
17th Century   
210 BC   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Romance   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Spanish and Spanish   

Standard Forms
Haitian Creole   
Pluricentric Standard Spanish   

Language Position
99   
99+
2   
2

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Spanish   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ht   
es   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hat   
spa   

ISO 639 2/B
hat   
spa   

ISO 639 3
hat   
spa   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
hait1244   
stan1288   

Linguasphere
51-AAC-cb   
51-AAA-b   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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

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Haitian Creole and Spanish Speaking population

Haitian Creole and Spanish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Haitian Creole and Spanish languages can be compared. The total count of Haitian Creole and Spanish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Haitian Creole language is 0.15 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Spanish language is 6.15 %. 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 Spanish on Haitian Creole vs Spanish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Haitian Creole and Spanish Language Codes

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

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