Countries
Haiti
  
Indonesia
  
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 in
HaitianCreole-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Indonesian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
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
How Many People Speak?
9.60 million
  
99+
163.00 million
  
11
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.