Countries
Haiti
  
Burkina Faso
  
National Language
Haiti
  
Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Ivory coast, Mali, Togo
  
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".
  
- Mossi languages use pitch to distinguish meanings.
- Mossi is the 2nd largest ethnic group in Ivory Coast.
  
Similar To
French Language
  
Dagbani Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Mossi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Bonjou
  
Kia ora
  
Thank You
Mèsi
  
Laafi bala
  
How Are You?
Kijan ou yé?
  
Laafi beme ?
  
Good Night
Bon nwit
  
Ne y yungo
  
Good Evening
Bonswa
  
ne y zabre
  
Good Afternoon
Bon apre-midi
  
Kia ora
  
Good Morning
Bon apre-midi
  
Ne y yibeogo
  
Please
Souple
  
gafare
  
Sorry
Dezole
  
gafare
  
Bye
Babay
  
Wend na kon-d nindaare
  
I Love You
Mwen renmen w
  
Kei te aroha au ki a koe
  
Excuse Me
Eskize m
  
Y gafare
  
Dialect 1
Northern Haitian Creole
  
Ouapadoupou
  
Where They Speak
Cap-Haitien
  
Burkina Faso
  
Dialect 2
Central Haitian Creole
  
Saremde
  
Where They Speak
Port-au-Prince
  
Burkina Faso
  
Dialect 3
Southern Haitian Creole
  
Taolende
  
Where They Speak
Cayes
  
Burkina Faso
  
How Many People Speak?
9.60 million
  
99+
7.60 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
9.60 million
  
99+
7.60 million
  
99+
Native Name
Kreyòl ayisyen
  
Mosse
  
Alternative Names
Creole, Haitian Creole, Western Caribbean Creole
  
Not Available
  
French Name
haïtien; créole haïtien
  
moré
  
German Name
Haïtien (Haiti-Kreolisch)
  
Mossi-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[kɣejɔl]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Haitians
  
Mossi
  
Origin
17th Century
  
Not available
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Western Sudanic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Gur (Voltaic)
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Haitian Creole
  
Mossi
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ht
  
No data Available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
hat
  
mos
  
ISO 639 2/B
hat
  
mos
  
ISO 639 3
hat
  
mos
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
hait1244
  
moss1236
  
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
  
Not Available
  
Haitian Creole and Mossi 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 Mossi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Haitian Creole and Mossi language. Haitian Creole word for "Hello" is Bonjou or Mossi word for "Thank You" is Laafi bala. Find more of such common Haitian Creole Greetings and Mossi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Haitian Creole vs Mossi Difficulty
The Haitian Creole vs Mossi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Haitian Creole Alphabets and Mossi 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 Mossi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Haitian Creole and Mossi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Haitian Creole is 24 weeks while to learn Mossi time required is 30 weeks.