Countries
Haiti
  
European Union, Ireland
  
National Language
Haiti
  
Ireland
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Ireland
  
Speaking Continents
Central America, North America
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Cuba
  
United Kingdom
  
Regulated By
Akademi Kreyòl Ayisyen (Academy of Haitian Creole)
  
Foras na Gaeilge
  
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".
  
- In Irish language, there are no exact words for "yes" or "no".
- There are different set of numbers for counting humans and another set for counting non-humans in Irish Language.
  
Similar To
French Language
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
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Alphabets in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Bonjou
  
Dia dhuit
  
Thank You
Mèsi
  
Go raibh maith agat
  
How Are You?
Kijan ou yé?
  
Conas atá tú ?
  
Good Night
Bon nwit
  
Oíche mhaith
  
Good Evening
Bonswa
  
Tráthnóna maith duit
  
Good Afternoon
Bon apre-midi
  
Tráthnóna maith duit
  
Good Morning
Bon apre-midi
  
Dia dhuit ar maidin
  
Please
Souple
  
le do thoil
  
Sorry
Dezole
  
Tá brón orm
  
Bye
Babay
  
Slán
  
I Love You
Mwen renmen w
  
Is breá liom thú
  
Excuse Me
Eskize m
  
Gabh mo leithscéal
  
Dialect 1
Northern Haitian Creole
  
Connacht Irish
  
Where They Speak
Cap-Haitien
  
Connacht
  
Dialect 2
Central Haitian Creole
  
Munster Irish
  
Where They Speak
Port-au-Prince
  
Munster
  
Dialect 3
Southern Haitian Creole
  
Ulster Irish
  
Where They Speak
Cayes
  
Ulster
  
How Many People Speak?
9.60 million
  
99+
1.79 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
9.60 million
  
99+
0.14 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
1.65 million
  
35
Native Name
Kreyòl ayisyen
  
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge
  
Alternative Names
Creole, Haitian Creole, Western Caribbean Creole
  
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish
  
French Name
haïtien; créole haïtien
  
irlandais moyen
  
German Name
Haïtien (Haiti-Kreolisch)
  
Mittelirisch
  
Pronunciation
[kɣejɔl]
  
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]
  
Ethnicity
Haitians
  
Irish people
  
Origin
17th Century
  
c. 750
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Celtic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Goidelic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish
  
Standard Forms
Haitian Creole
  
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Irish Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ht
  
ga
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
hat
  
gle
  
ISO 639 2/B
hat
  
gle
  
ISO 639 3
hat
  
gle
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
hait1244
  
iris1253
  
Linguasphere
51-AAC-cb
  
50-AAA
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Verb-Subject-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional
  
Haitian Creole and Irish 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 Irish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Haitian Creole and Irish language. Haitian Creole word for "Hello" is Bonjou or Irish word for "Thank You" is Go raibh maith agat. Find more of such common Haitian Creole Greetings and Irish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Haitian Creole vs Irish Difficulty
The Haitian Creole vs Irish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Haitian Creole Alphabets and Irish 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 Irish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Haitian Creole and Irish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Haitian Creole is 24 weeks while to learn Irish time required is 36 weeks.