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English vs Haitian Creole


Countries

Countries
Haiti  
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
33  
2

National Language
Haiti  
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore  

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

Minority Language
Cuba  
South Africa  

Regulated By
Akademi Kreyòl Ayisyen (Academy of Haitian Creole)  
Not Available  

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".
  
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  

Similar To
French Language  
Not Available  

Derived From
Not Available  
Latin  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
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English-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  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
7  
6

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
6 weeks  
3

Greetings

Hello
Bonjou  
Hello  

Thank You
Mèsi  
Thank you  

How Are You?
Kijan ou yé?  
How are you?  

Good Night
Bon nwit  
Good Night  

Good Evening
Bonswa  
Good Evening  

Good Afternoon
Bon apre-midi  
Good Afternoon  

Good Morning
Bon apre-midi  
Good Morning  

Please
Souple  
Please  

Sorry
Dezole  
Sorry  

Bye
Babay  
Bye  

I Love You
Mwen renmen w  
I love you  

Excuse Me
Eskize m  
Excuse Me  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Haitian Creole  
American English  

Where They Speak
Cap-Haitien  
United States of America  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
225,000,000.00  
3

Dialect 2
Central Haitian Creole  
Hiberno-English  

Where They Speak
Port-au-Prince  
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
4,500,000.00  
15

Dialect 3
Southern Haitian Creole  
Welsh English  

Where They Speak
Cayes  
United Kingdom  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
2,500,000.00  
14

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
188  
34

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
9.60 million  
99+
1,200.00 million  
1

Speaking Population
0.15 %  
99+
5.43 %  
4

Native Speakers
9.60 million  
99+
400.00 million  
3

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
400.00 million  
1

Native Name
Kreyòl ayisyen  
English  

Alternative Names
Creole, Haitian Creole, Western Caribbean Creole  
Not Available  

French Name
haïtien; créole haïtien  
anglais  

German Name
Haïtien (Haiti-Kreolisch)  
Englisch  

Pronunciation
[kɣejɔl]  
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/  

Ethnicity
Haitians  
Not Available  

History

Origin
17th Century  
5th Century AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English  

Standard Forms
Haitian Creole  
Standard English  

Language Position
99  
99+
3  
3

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Signed English  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ht  
en  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hat  
eng  

ISO 639 2/B
hat  
eng  

ISO 639 3
hat  
eng  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
engs  

Glottocode
hait1244  
stan1293  

Linguasphere
51-AAC-cb  
52-ABA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic  

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Haitian Creole and English Language History

Comparison of Haitian Creole vs English language history gives us differences between origin of Haitian Creole and English language. History of Haitian Creole language states that this language originated in 17th Century whereas history of English language states that this language originated in 5th Century AD. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Haitian Creole and English Language History.

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Haitian Creole and English 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 English greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Haitian Creole and English language. Haitian Creole word for "Hello" is Bonjou or English word for "Thank You" is Thank you. Find more of such common Haitian Creole Greetings and English Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Haitian Creole vs English Difficulty

The Haitian Creole vs English difficulty level basically depends on the number of Haitian Creole Alphabets and English 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 English are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Haitian Creole and English, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Haitian Creole is 24 weeks while to learn English time required is 6 weeks.

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