Countries
Haiti
  
Zimbabwe
  
National Language
Haiti
  
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Central America, North America
  
Africa
  
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".
  
- Shona language is tonal language.
- The African people in Zimbabwe is made of 10 ethnic groups, each speaking a different languages, shona is spoken by 60 percent of population.
  
Similar To
French Language
  
Kalanga and Nambya Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Shona-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Alphabets
Not Available
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Bonjou
  
Mhoro
  
Thank You
Mèsi
  
Waita zvako
  
How Are You?
Kijan ou yé?
  
Wakadini zvako?
  
Good Night
Bon nwit
  
Urare zvakanaka
  
Good Evening
Bonswa
  
Manheru
  
Good Afternoon
Bon apre-midi
  
Masikati
  
Good Morning
Bon apre-midi
  
Mangwanani
  
Please
Souple
  
Ndinokumbirawo
  
Sorry
Dezole
  
Ndineurombo
  
Bye
Babay
  
bye
  
I Love You
Mwen renmen w
  
Ndinokuda
  
Excuse Me
Eskize m
  
Pamusoro
  
Dialect 1
Northern Haitian Creole
  
Hwesa
  
Where They Speak
Cap-Haitien
  
Zimbabwe
  
Dialect 2
Central Haitian Creole
  
Karanga
  
Where They Speak
Port-au-Prince
  
southern Zimbabwe
  
Dialect 3
Southern Haitian Creole
  
Zezuru
  
Where They Speak
Cayes
  
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
  
How Many People Speak?
9.60 million
  
99+
25.00 million
  
40
Native Speakers
9.60 million
  
99+
8.30 million
  
99+
Native Name
Kreyòl ayisyen
  
Not Available
  
Alternative Names
Creole, Haitian Creole, Western Caribbean Creole
  
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
  
French Name
haïtien; créole haïtien
  
shona
  
German Name
Haïtien (Haiti-Kreolisch)
  
Schona-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[kɣejɔl]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Haitians
  
Not Available
  
Origin
17th Century
  
20th century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Benue-Congo
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Bantu
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Not Available
  
Standard Forms
Haitian Creole
  
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ht
  
sn
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
hat
  
sna
  
ISO 639 2/B
hat
  
sna
  
ISO 639 3
hat
  
sna
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
hait1244
  
core1255
  
Linguasphere
51-AAC-cb
  
99-AUT-a
  
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 Shona 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 Shona greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Haitian Creole and Shona language. Haitian Creole word for "Hello" is Bonjou or Shona word for "Thank You" is Waita zvako. Find more of such common Haitian Creole Greetings and Shona Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Haitian Creole vs Shona Difficulty
The Haitian Creole vs Shona difficulty level basically depends on the number of Haitian Creole Alphabets and Shona 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 Shona are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Haitian Creole and Shona, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Haitian Creole is 24 weeks while to learn Shona time required is Not Available.