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
  
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 in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
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
How Many People Speak?
9.60 million
  
99+
1,200.00 million
  
1
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed English
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.