Countries
Haiti
  
South Africa
  
National Language
Haiti
  
South Africa
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Lesotho, South Africa
  
Speaking Continents
Central America, North America
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Cuba
  
Botswana, Lesotho
  
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".
  
- Xhosa has 15 click sounds, borrowed from the khoi-khoi and san languages of the South Africa.
- The same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meaning when said with different tones, so Xhosa is tonal.
  
Similar To
French Language
  
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
  
Alphabets in
HaitianCreole-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Xhosa-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Bonjou
  
Molo
  
Thank You
Mèsi
  
Ndiyabulela
  
How Are You?
Kijan ou yé?
  
Unjani
  
Good Night
Bon nwit
  
Ulale kakuhle
  
Good Evening
Bonswa
  
Ubusuku obuhle
  
Good Afternoon
Bon apre-midi
  
Uben' emva kwemini entle
  
Good Morning
Bon apre-midi
  
Molo
  
Please
Souple
  
Ndicela
  
Sorry
Dezole
  
Ndicela uxolo
  
Bye
Babay
  
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
  
I Love You
Mwen renmen w
  
Ndiyakuthanda
  
Excuse Me
Eskize m
  
Uxolo
  
Dialect 1
Northern Haitian Creole
  
Gcaleka
  
Where They Speak
Cap-Haitien
  
South Africa
  
Dialect 2
Central Haitian Creole
  
Thembu
  
Where They Speak
Port-au-Prince
  
South Africa
  
Dialect 3
Southern Haitian Creole
  
Hlubi
  
Where They Speak
Cayes
  
South Africa
  
How Many People Speak?
9.60 million
  
99+
20.00 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
9.60 million
  
99+
8.20 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
11.00 million
  
21
Native Name
Kreyòl ayisyen
  
isiXhosa
  
Alternative Names
Creole, Haitian Creole, Western Caribbean Creole
  
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
  
French Name
haïtien; créole haïtien
  
xhosa
  
German Name
Haïtien (Haiti-Kreolisch)
  
Xhosa-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[kɣejɔl]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Haitians
  
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
  
Origin
17th Century
  
16th 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
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Haitian Creole
  
isiXhosa
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Xhosa
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ht
  
xh
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
hat
  
xho
  
ISO 639 2/B
hat
  
xho
  
ISO 639 3
hat
  
xho
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
hait1244
  
xhos1239
  
Linguasphere
51-AAC-cb
  
99-AUT-fa
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Haitian Creole and Xhosa 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 Xhosa greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Haitian Creole and Xhosa language. Haitian Creole word for "Hello" is Bonjou or Xhosa word for "Thank You" is Ndiyabulela. Find more of such common Haitian Creole Greetings and Xhosa Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Haitian Creole vs Xhosa Difficulty
The Haitian Creole vs Xhosa difficulty level basically depends on the number of Haitian Creole Alphabets and Xhosa 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 Xhosa are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Haitian Creole and Xhosa, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Haitian Creole is 24 weeks while to learn Xhosa time required is 44 weeks.