Countries
Haiti
  
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland
  
National Language
Haiti
  
Germany
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
North Dakota, United States of America
  
Speaking Continents
Central America, North America
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Cuba
  
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia
  
Regulated By
Akademi Kreyòl Ayisyen (Academy of Haitian Creole)
  
Council for German Orthography
  
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 large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
- The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  
Similar To
French Language
  
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Albanian Languages
  
Alphabets in
HaitianCreole-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
German-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Bonjou
  
hallo
  
Thank You
Mèsi
  
Danke
  
How Are You?
Kijan ou yé?
  
Wie geht es dir?
  
Good Night
Bon nwit
  
gute Nacht
  
Good Evening
Bonswa
  
guten Abend
  
Good Afternoon
Bon apre-midi
  
guten Tag
  
Good Morning
Bon apre-midi
  
guten Morgen
  
Please
Souple
  
bitte
  
Sorry
Dezole
  
Verzeihung
  
Bye
Babay
  
Tschüs
  
I Love You
Mwen renmen w
  
Ich liebe dich
  
Excuse Me
Eskize m
  
Entschuldigung
  
Dialect 1
Northern Haitian Creole
  
Swiss German
  
Where They Speak
Cap-Haitien
  
Switzerland
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
4,500,000.00
  
18
Dialect 2
Central Haitian Creole
  
Swabian German
  
Where They Speak
Port-au-Prince
  
Germany
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Southern Haitian Creole
  
Texas German
  
Where They Speak
Cayes
  
Texas
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
9.60 million
  
99+
229.00 million
  
8
Native Speakers
9.60 million
  
99+
101.00 million
  
10
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
128.00 million
  
5
Native Name
Kreyòl ayisyen
  
Deutsch
  
Alternative Names
Creole, Haitian Creole, Western Caribbean Creole
  
Deutsch, Tedesco
  
French Name
haïtien; créole haïtien
  
allemand
  
German Name
Haïtien (Haiti-Kreolisch)
  
Deutsch
  
Pronunciation
[kɣejɔl]
  
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]
  
Ethnicity
Haitians
  
Germans
  
Origin
17th Century
  
6th Century AD
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Germanic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Western
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Haitian Creole
  
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed German
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ht
  
de
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
hat
  
deu
  
ISO 639 2/B
hat
  
ger
  
ISO 639 3
hat
  
deu
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
deus
  
Glottocode
hait1244
  
high1287, uppe1397
  
Linguasphere
51-AAC-cb
  
52-ACB–dl & -dm
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Haitian Creole and German 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 German greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Haitian Creole and German language. Haitian Creole word for "Hello" is Bonjou or German word for "Thank You" is Danke. Find more of such common Haitian Creole Greetings and German Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Haitian Creole vs German Difficulty
The Haitian Creole vs German difficulty level basically depends on the number of Haitian Creole Alphabets and German 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 German are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Haitian Creole and German, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Haitian Creole is 24 weeks while to learn German time required is 30 weeks.