Countries
Haiti
  
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara
  
National Language
Haiti
  
Spain
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands
  
Speaking Continents
Central America, North America
  
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America
  
Minority Language
Cuba
  
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom
  
Regulated By
Akademi Kreyòl Ayisyen (Academy of Haitian Creole)
  
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española
  
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".
  
- One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
- Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  
Similar To
French Language
  
French Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
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Spanish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Bonjou
  
hola
  
Thank You
Mèsi
  
Gracias
  
How Are You?
Kijan ou yé?
  
Cómo estás?
  
Good Night
Bon nwit
  
Buenas Noches
  
Good Evening
Bonswa
  
Bonne soirée
  
Good Afternoon
Bon apre-midi
  
Buenas Tardes
  
Good Morning
Bon apre-midi
  
Buenos Días
  
Please
Souple
  
Por Favor
  
Sorry
Dezole
  
triste
  
Bye
Babay
  
adiós
  
I Love You
Mwen renmen w
  
Te Quiero
  
Excuse Me
Eskize m
  
Discúlpeme
  
Dialect 1
Northern Haitian Creole
  
Mexican Spanish
  
Where They Speak
Cap-Haitien
  
Mexico
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
105,000,000.00
  
5
Dialect 2
Central Haitian Creole
  
Cuban Spanish
  
Where They Speak
Port-au-Prince
  
Cuba
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
11,000,000.00
  
8
Dialect 3
Southern Haitian Creole
  
Puerto Rican Spanish
  
Where They Speak
Cayes
  
Puerto Rico
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
3,900,000.00
  
9
How Many People Speak?
9.60 million
  
99+
489.00 million
  
3
Native Speakers
9.60 million
  
99+
410.00 million
  
2
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
89.50 million
  
9
Native Name
Kreyòl ayisyen
  
Español
  
Alternative Names
Creole, Haitian Creole, Western Caribbean Creole
  
Castellano, Castilian, Español
  
French Name
haïtien; créole haïtien
  
espagnol; castillan
  
German Name
Haïtien (Haiti-Kreolisch)
  
Spanisch
  
Pronunciation
[kɣejɔl]
  
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]
  
Ethnicity
Haitians
  
Not Available
  
Origin
17th Century
  
210 BC
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Romance
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Spanish and Spanish
  
Standard Forms
Haitian Creole
  
Pluricentric Standard Spanish
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Spanish
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ht
  
es
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
hat
  
spa
  
ISO 639 2/B
hat
  
spa
  
ISO 639 3
hat
  
spa
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
hait1244
  
stan1288
  
Linguasphere
51-AAC-cb
  
51-AAA-b
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional, Synthetic