Countries
Haiti
  
Philippines
  
National Language
Haiti
  
Philippines
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Philippines
  
Speaking Continents
Central America, North America
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Cuba
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Akademi Kreyòl Ayisyen (Academy of Haitian Creole)
  
Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters
  
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".
  
- About one-fifth of the population of the philippines speak cebuano and are second largest ethnolinguistic group in the country.
- Cebuano contains many words of Spanish origin.
  
Similar To
French Language
  
Hiligaynon Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Island of Cebu
  
Alphabets in
HaitianCreole-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Cebuano-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Bonjou
  
Hoy
  
Thank You
Mèsi
  
Salamat
  
How Are You?
Kijan ou yé?
  
Kumusta man ka?
  
Good Night
Bon nwit
  
Maayong Gabii
  
Good Evening
Bonswa
  
Maayong Gabii
  
Good Afternoon
Bon apre-midi
  
Maayong Hapon
  
Good Morning
Bon apre-midi
  
Maayong Buntag
  
Please
Souple
  
Palihug
  
Sorry
Dezole
  
Ikasubo ko
  
Bye
Babay
  
Babay
  
I Love You
Mwen renmen w
  
Gihigugma ko ikaw
  
Excuse Me
Eskize m
  
Ekskyus mi
  
Dialect 1
Northern Haitian Creole
  
Boholano
  
Where They Speak
Cap-Haitien
  
Bohol
  
Dialect 2
Central Haitian Creole
  
Southern Kana
  
Where They Speak
Port-au-Prince
  
southern Leyte
  
Dialect 3
Southern Haitian Creole
  
North Kana
  
Where They Speak
Cayes
  
northern part of Leyte
  
How Many People Speak?
9.60 million
  
99+
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
9.60 million
  
99+
21.00 million
  
36
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
14.50 million
  
19
Native Name
Kreyòl ayisyen
  
Visayan
  
Alternative Names
Creole, Haitian Creole, Western Caribbean Creole
  
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan
  
French Name
haïtien; créole haïtien
  
cebuano
  
German Name
Haïtien (Haiti-Kreolisch)
  
Cebuano
  
Pronunciation
[kɣejɔl]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Haitians
  
Cebuano people
  
Origin
17th Century
  
16th century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Haitian Creole
  
Standard Cebuano
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ht
  
No data Available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
hat
  
ceb
  
ISO 639 2/B
hat
  
ceb
  
ISO 639 3
hat
  
ceb
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
hait1244
  
cebu1242
  
Linguasphere
51-AAC-cb
  
No data Available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Verb-Subject-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Haitian Creole and Cebuano Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Haitian Creole and Cebuano greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Haitian Creole and Cebuano language. Haitian Creole word for "Hello" is Bonjou or Cebuano word for "Thank You" is Salamat. Find more of such common Haitian Creole Greetings and Cebuano Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Haitian Creole vs Cebuano Difficulty
The Haitian Creole vs Cebuano difficulty level basically depends on the number of Haitian Creole Alphabets and Cebuano Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Haitian Creole and Cebuano are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Haitian Creole and Cebuano, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Haitian Creole is 24 weeks while to learn Cebuano time required is 3 weeks.