Countries
Haiti
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
National Language
Haiti
Portugal
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
United States of America
Speaking Continents
Central America, North America
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
Minority Language
Cuba
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America
Regulated By
Akademi Kreyòl Ayisyen (Academy of Haitian Creole)
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
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".
- Portuguese language has absorbed many words from French, Italian, Arabic and also from indigenous South American and African languages.
- The first written document in Portuguese language was found in the 12th century.
Similar To
French Language
Spanish and Galician Languages
Derived From
Not Available
Latin
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
How Are You?
Kijan ou yé?
Como você está?
Good Night
Bon nwit
boa noite
Good Evening
Bonswa
boa Noite
Good Afternoon
Bon apre-midi
boa Tarde
Good Morning
Bon apre-midi
bom Dia
I Love You
Mwen renmen w
Eu te amo
Excuse Me
Eskize m
desculpe me
Dialect 1
Northern Haitian Creole
Brazilian Portuguese
Where They Speak
Cap-Haitien
Brazil
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Central Haitian Creole
European Portuguese
Where They Speak
Port-au-Prince
Portugal
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Southern Haitian Creole
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
Where They Speak
Cayes
Daman and Diu
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Kreyòl ayisyen
Português
Alternative Names
Creole, Haitian Creole, Western Caribbean Creole
Português
French Name
haïtien; créole haïtien
portugais
German Name
Haïtien (Haiti-Kreolisch)
Portugiesisch
Pronunciation
[kɣejɔl]
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
Ethnicity
Haitians
Portuguese people or portugueses
Origin
17th Century
3rd Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Romance
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
Medieval Galician
Standard Forms
Haitian Creole
Portuguese
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Portuguese
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
hait1244
port1283
Linguasphere
51-AAC-cb
51-AAA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available
Haitian Creole and Portuguese 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 Portuguese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Haitian Creole and Portuguese language. Haitian Creole word for "Hello" is Bonjou or Portuguese word for "Thank You" is obrigado. Find more of such common Haitian Creole Greetings and Portuguese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Haitian Creole vs Portuguese Difficulty
The Haitian Creole vs Portuguese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Haitian Creole Alphabets and Portuguese 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 Portuguese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Haitian Creole and Portuguese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Haitian Creole is 24 weeks while to learn Portuguese time required is 24 weeks.