Countries
Haiti
  
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
  
National Language
Haiti
  
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Central America, North America
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Cuba
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Akademi Kreyòl Ayisyen (Academy of Haitian Creole)
  
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
  
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".
  
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
Similar To
French Language
  
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Arabic Language
  
Alphabets in
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Swahili-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Bonjou
  
Habari
  
Thank You
Mèsi
  
Asante
  
How Are You?
Kijan ou yé?
  
Habari gani?
  
Good Night
Bon nwit
  
Usiku mwema
  
Good Evening
Bonswa
  
Habari za jioni
  
Good Afternoon
Bon apre-midi
  
nzuri Alasiri
  
Good Morning
Bon apre-midi
  
Habari za asubuhi
  
Please
Souple
  
tafadhali
  
Sorry
Dezole
  
pole
  
Bye
Babay
  
bye
  
I Love You
Mwen renmen w
  
nakupenda
  
Excuse Me
Eskize m
  
Samahani
  
Dialect 1
Northern Haitian Creole
  
Kiunguja
  
Where They Speak
Cap-Haitien
  
Zanzibar island
  
Dialect 2
Central Haitian Creole
  
Kimrima
  
Where They Speak
Port-au-Prince
  
Dar es Salaam
  
Dialect 3
Southern Haitian Creole
  
Kimgao
  
Where They Speak
Cayes
  
Kilwa
  
How Many People Speak?
9.60 million
  
99+
150.00 million
  
13
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
9.60 million
  
99+
15.00 million
  
40
Native Name
Kreyòl ayisyen
  
Not Available
  
Alternative Names
Creole, Haitian Creole, Western Caribbean Creole
  
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
  
French Name
haïtien; créole haïtien
  
swahili
  
German Name
Haïtien (Haiti-Kreolisch)
  
Swahili
  
Pronunciation
[kɣejɔl]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Haitians
  
Swahili people or Waswahili
  
Origin
17th Century
  
6th century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Benue-Congo
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Bantu
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Haitian Creole
  
Swahili
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
ht
  
sw
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
hat
  
swa
  
ISO 639 2/B
hat
  
swa
  
ISO 639 3
hat
  
swa
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
hait1244
  
swah1254
  
Linguasphere
51-AAC-cb
  
99-AUS-m
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Haitian Creole and Swahili Speaking population
Haitian Creole and Swahili speaking population is one of the factors based on which Haitian Creole and Swahili languages can be compared. The total count of Haitian Creole and Swahili Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Haitian Creole language is 0.15 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Swahili 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 Swahili on Haitian Creole vs Swahili where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Haitian Creole and Swahili Language Codes
Haitian Creole and Swahili language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Haitian Creole and Swahili Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.