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Haitian Creole vs Indonesian


Indonesian vs Haitian Creole


Countries

Countries
Haiti   
Indonesia   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Haiti   
Indonesia   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
East Timor, Indonesia   

Speaking Continents
Central America, North America   
Asia   

Minority Language
Cuba   
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands   

Regulated By
Akademi Kreyòl Ayisyen (Academy of Haitian Creole)   
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa   

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".
  
  • The modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
  • In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
  

Similar To
French Language   
Malay language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Malay and Dutch Languages   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
HaitianCreole-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Indonesian-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
29   
11
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
6   
3

How Many Consonants
20   
10
19   
9

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
7   
6

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
36 weeks   
10

Greetings

Hello
Bonjou   
Halo   

Thank You
Mèsi   
Terima kasih   

How Are You?
Kijan ou yé?   
Apa kabar?   

Good Night
Bon nwit   
Selamat Malam   

Good Evening
Bonswa   
Malam yang baik   

Good Afternoon
Bon apre-midi   
Selamat Sore   

Good Morning
Bon apre-midi   
Selamat Pagi   

Please
Souple   
mohon Untuk   

Sorry
Dezole   
maaf   

Bye
Babay   
Selamat tinggal   

I Love You
Mwen renmen w   
Aku cinta kamu   

Excuse Me
Eskize m   
Permisi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Haitian Creole   
Sundanese   

Where They Speak
Cap-Haitien   
Indonesia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
38,000,000.00   
8

Dialect 2
Central Haitian Creole   
Balinese   

Where They Speak
Port-au-Prince   
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
3,300,000.00   
17

Dialect 3
Southern Haitian Creole   
Minangkabau   

Where They Speak
Cayes   
Indonesia, Malaysia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
6,000,000.00   
7

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
46   
30

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
9.60 million   
99+
163.00 million   
11

Speaking Population
0.15 %   
99+
1.16 %   
14

Native Speakers
9.60 million   
99+
23.00 million   
34

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
140.00 million   
4

Native Name
Kreyòl ayisyen   
Bahasa Melayu   

Alternative Names
Creole, Haitian Creole, Western Caribbean Creole   
Bahasa Indonesia   

French Name
haïtien; créole haïtien   
indonésien   

German Name
Haïtien (Haiti-Kreolisch)   
Bahasa Indonesia   

Pronunciation
[kɣejɔl]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Haitians   
Indonesians   

History

Origin
17th Century   
7th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Austronesian Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Indonesian   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Malay   

Standard Forms
Haitian Creole   
Indonesian   

Language Position
99   
99+
56   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ht   
id   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hat   
ind   

ISO 639 2/B
hat   
ind   

ISO 639 3
hat   
ind   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
hait1244   
indo1316   

Linguasphere
51-AAC-cb   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Agglutinative   

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Haitian Creole and Indonesian Language History

Comparison of Haitian Creole vs Indonesian language history gives us differences between origin of Haitian Creole and Indonesian language. History of Haitian Creole language states that this language originated in 17th Century whereas history of Indonesian language states that this language originated in 7th Century. 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 Indonesian Language History.

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

Haitian Creole vs Indonesian Difficulty

The Haitian Creole vs Indonesian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Haitian Creole Alphabets and Indonesian 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 Indonesian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Haitian Creole and Indonesian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Haitian Creole is 24 weeks while to learn Indonesian time required is 36 weeks.

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