Countries
Haiti
  
East Java, Island of Madura, North Java, Sapudi Islands, Singapore
  
National Language
Haiti
  
Indonesia, Island of Madura
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Central America, North America
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Cuba
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
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".
  
- There is unique pronunciation system in the Madurese language.
- Madurese was first written using Javanese Alphabets.
  
Similar To
French Language
  
Malay and Javanese Languages
  
Derived From
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Alphabets in
HaitianCreole-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Madurese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Bonjou
  
Halo
  
Thank You
Mèsi
  
matur nuwun
  
How Are You?
Kijan ou yé?
  
piye kabare?
  
Good Night
Bon nwit
  
wengi sing apik
  
Good Evening
Bonswa
  
Sugeng sọnten
  
Good Afternoon
Bon apre-midi
  
Sugeng siang
  
Good Morning
Bon apre-midi
  
Sugeng énjing
  
Please
Souple
  
Not Available
  
Sorry
Dezole
  
Nyuwun pangapunten
  
Bye
Babay
  
Not Available
  
I Love You
Mwen renmen w
  
Kula tresna panjengan
  
Excuse Me
Eskize m
  
Nuwun séwu
  
Dialect 1
Northern Haitian Creole
  
Kangean
  
Where They Speak
Cap-Haitien
  
Indonesia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Central Haitian Creole
  
Bawean
  
Where They Speak
Port-au-Prince
  
Indonesia
  
Dialect 3
Southern Haitian Creole
  
Bangkalan
  
Where They Speak
Cayes
  
Indonesia
  
How Many People Speak?
9.60 million
  
99+
15.00 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
9.60 million
  
99+
15.00 million
  
40
Native Name
Kreyòl ayisyen
  
Madurese
  
Alternative Names
Creole, Haitian Creole, Western Caribbean Creole
  
Basa Mathura, Madhura, Madura
  
French Name
haïtien; créole haïtien
  
madourais
  
German Name
Haïtien (Haiti-Kreolisch)
  
Maduresisch
  
Pronunciation
[kɣejɔl]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Haitians
  
Madurese
  
Origin
17th Century
  
Not Available
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indonesian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Haitian Creole
  
Madurese
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ht
  
No data Available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
hat
  
mad
  
ISO 639 2/B
hat
  
mad
  
ISO 639 3
hat
  
mad
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
hait1244
  
madu1247
  
Linguasphere
51-AAC-cb
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
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Haitian Creole and Madurese 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 Madurese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Haitian Creole and Madurese language. Haitian Creole word for "Hello" is Bonjou or Madurese word for "Thank You" is matur nuwun. Find more of such common Haitian Creole Greetings and Madurese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Haitian Creole vs Madurese Difficulty
The Haitian Creole vs Madurese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Haitian Creole Alphabets and Madurese 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 Madurese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Haitian Creole and Madurese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Haitian Creole is 24 weeks while to learn Madurese time required is 44 weeks.